Das Veilchen Ein Veilchen auf der Wiese stand, Gebückt in sich und unbekannt; Es war ein herzigs Veilchen. Da kam ein’ junge Schäferin Mit leichtem Schritt und muntrem Sinn Daher, daher, Die Wiese her, und sang. Ach! denkt das Veilchen, wär ich nur Die schönste Blume...
Robert Schumann’s Liederkreis Op. 39 In a foreign land From my homeland, beyond the red lightning, The clouds come drifting in, But father and mother have long been dead, Now no one knows me there. How soon, ah! how soon till that quiet time When I too shall...
“In the summer of 1987 I heard that there was to be a special performance of Der Rosenkavalier at the Vienna Opera on Lotte Lehmann’s 100th birthday, February 27, 1988, followed by a lecture the next day by Marcel Prawy, of the Opera. I decided to go. Eric Hvølboll, a...
A Little Rainy Night Music — Judy Sutcliffe A rainy night in Galena, a softly, slowly, pelting drizzle. A sweet bath for the few autumnal flowers still nodding in our garden, pink phlox in the sunny parts and clusters of white wild asters all up and down the...
Thomas Grubb’s recommended reading list: First, Grubb’s own “My Time with Pierre Bernac” Bernac, P., The Interpretation of French Song, Gollancz/Norton (Paper Reprint) Bernac, P., Poulenc, The Man and His Songs, Gollancz/Norton (Paper Reprint) Grubb,...
