작곡가

:   Richard Strauss (리하르트 슈트라우스)

장르

:  

Vocal

스타일

:  

Song Cycle

작곡년도

:   1948

평균연주

:   21:14

악장

1

Frühling

3:34

2

September

4:41

3

Beim Schlafengehen

5:16

4

Im Abendrot

7:41

The Four Last Songs (), Op. posth., TrV 296, AV 150, for soprano and orchestra are, with the exception of the song "Malven" (Mallows) composed later the same year, the final completed works of Richard Strauss, composed in 1948 when the composer was 84. The songs are "Frühling" (Spring), "September", "Beim Schlafengehen" (When Falling Asleep) and "Im Abendrot" (At Sunset). The title "Four Last Songs" was provided posthumously by Strauss's friend Ernst Roth, who published the four songs as a single unit after Strauss's death. Strauss died in September 1949. The premiere was given posthumously at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 22 May 1950 by soprano Kirsten Flagstad and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler.
Strauss had come across the poem Im Abendrot by Joseph von Eichendorff, which he felt had a special meaning for him. He set its text to music in May 1948. Strauss had also recently been given a copy of the complete poems of Hermann Hesse, and he set three of them – Frühling, September, and Beim Schlafengehen – for soprano and orchestra. According to Denis Arnold, a fifth song was unfinished at Strauss' death.

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