The Six Songs, Op. 50, is a collection of German-language art songs for vocal soloist and piano written in 1906 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. "Die stille Stadt" ("The Silent City") generally is considered the best of the set.
Constituent songs
Ordered by catalogue number, the Op. 50 songs are as follows:
- "Lenzgesang" ("Spring Song"), Op. 50/1; text by the German poet Arthur Fitger
- "Sehnsucht" ("Longing"), Op. 50/2; text by the German poet Emil Rudolf Weiß
- "Im Feld ein Mädchen singt" ("In the Field a Maid Sings"), Op. 50/3; text by the German-Jewish poet Margarete Susman
- "Aus banger Brust" ("From Anxious Heart"), Op. 50/4; text by the German poet Richard Dehmel
- "Die stille Stadt" ("The Silent City"), Op. 50/5; text by Dehmel
- "Rosenlied" ("Song of the Roses"), Op. 50/6; text by the German poet Anna Ritter
The songs were first published in 1907 by the Berlin-based firm of Robert Lienau. The table below provides additional information about each song:
Notes, references, and sources
Notes
References
Sources
External links
- Six Songs, Op. 50: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
