Two Songs, Op. 19 (Pfitzner)

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Two Songs
by Hans Pfitzner
Native nameZwei Lieder
Opus 19
Text Carl Hermann Busse
Composed1905
Published1906 - Leipzig
PublisherMax Brockhaus
Movements2
ScoringVoice and piano

Two Songs, Op. 19 (German: Zwei Lieder), is a set of two songs by German composer Hans Pfitzner. It was finished in 1905.

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Background

Pfitzner's Op. 19 presents two contrasting songs dealing with love scenes. [1] They were written to two poems by Carl Busse in 1905 and were dedicated to Ottilie Metzger-Froitzheim. [2] The set was published in Leipzig in 1906 by Max Brockhaus. [3]

Structure

The set is written for middle voice and piano. It is composed of two contrasting songs, [4] the first one in C-sharp minor, and the second one in A-flat major:

  1. Stimme der Sehnsucht. Äußerst schnell (Presto)
  2. Michaelskirchplatz. Langsam

Recordings

The composer performed at the piano Michaelskirchplatz for recording, with baritone Gerhard Hüsch at Electrola Studios on February 10, 1939, in Cologne. [5] It is common for singers to record these two pieces individually instead of as a whole set. The following is a list of complete recordings of the set:

Recordings of Pfitzner's Two Songs, Op. 19
VoicePianoDate of recordingPlace of recordingLabel
Uwe Schenker-Primus Klaus Simon 2021— Naxos [6]

References

  1. ↑ Schmidt, Birgit. "About This Recording - Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949) - Complete Songs • 5". www.naxos.com. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
  2. ↑ "'2 lieder, v, pf, op. 19/2, excerpts - bsb mus.ms. 6571 : michaelskirchplatz (carl busse)' - Viewer | MDZ". www.digitale-sammlungen.de. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
  3. ↑ Pfitzner, Hans (1906). Zwei Lieder, Op. 19 (in German) (1st ed.). Leipzig: Max Brockhaus.
  4. ↑ "Zwei Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Klavier nach Gedichten von Carl Busse , op. 19 | H. Pfitzner | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
  5. ↑ Gerhard Hüsch, Hans Pfitzner - Pfitzner Lieder, 1958, retrieved 2025-12-16
  6. ↑ "PFITZNER, H.: Lieder (Complete), Vol. 5 (Schenker-.. - 8.573785 | Discover more releases from Naxos". www.naxos.com. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
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