Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics #1677 : Op. 121, Four Scriptural Songs for High VoiceBy Johannes Brahms, Edited by Carl Deis, English Lyrics translated by Willis Wager
Schirmer, 1944, 23 pages
Condition as shown in photos. Cover is worn and aged, particularly along spine. Pages aged but good. Store stamp on front. Otherwise, no markings found. Lyrics in English and German.
Includes:
- It befalleth both men and beasts
- I journeyed on my way
- O Death, how bitter art thou
- Though with the tongues of men and holy angels
From Wikipedia:
Vier ernste Gesänge (Four Serious Songs), Op. 121, is a cycle of four songs for voice and piano by Johannes Brahms. As in his Ein deutsches Requiem, the texts are compiled from the Luther Bible. Three songs deal with death and the transience of life, while the fourth has an outlook of faith, hope and charity. Brahms composed the work in Vienna in 1896 and dedicated it to Max Klinger. The songs were premiered there in the presence of the composer by baritone Anton Sistermans and pianist Coenraad V. Bos.
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