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Das Marienleben
Song cyclebyPaul Hindemith
The composer in 1923
EnglishThe Life of Mary
Text15 poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
LanguageGerman
Based onLife of Mary
Composed1923 (1923), revised 1948
Movements15
ScoringSoprano and piano (some also with orchestra)
Das Marienleben

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Das Marienleben (The Life of Mary) is a song cycle by German composer Paul Hindemith. The cycle, written for piano and soprano, sets to music a collection of 15 poems by Rainer Maria Rilke that tells the story of the life of Mary.[1] The cycle was featured in the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar.[2] Thirteen years after its 1923 premiere in Frankfurt, Hindemith began extensively revising and reworking the piece, eventually producing a second version which premiered in Hanover in 1948.[3]

Hindemith also orchestrated six of the songs: four in 1938 and two more in 1948.[3]

Structure

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The work consists of fifteen movements:[1]

  1. Geburt Mariä (Birth of Mary)
  2. Die Darstellung (The Presentation)
  3. Mariä Verkündigung (Annunciation to Mary)
  4. Mariä Heimsuchung (Visitation of Mary)
  5. Argwohn Josephs (Joseph's Suspicion)
  6. Verkündigung über den Hirten (Annunciation to the shepherds)
  7. Geburt Christi (Birth of Christ)
  8. Rast auf der Flucht in Ägypten (Rest on the Flight into Egypt)
  9. Von der Hochzeit (Of the wedding)
  10. Vor der Passion (Before the Passion)
  11. Pietà (Pieta)
  12. Stillung Mariä mit dem Auferstandenen (Consolation of Mary with the resurrected)
  13. Vom Tode Mariä I (Of the Death of MaryI)
  14. Vom Tode Mariä II (Of the Death of Mary II)
  15. Vom Tode Mariä III (Of the Death of Mary III)

A typical performance lasts around an hour and a half.

References

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  1. ^ a b Staff, Rovi. "Das Marienleben, song cycle for soprano & piano, Op. 27". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  • ^ Droste, Magdalena (2022) [1990]. Bauhaus: 1919-1933. Translated by Michael, Jane (2019 ed.). Berlin, Germany: Taschen: Bibliotheca Universalis. p. 234. ISBN 978-3-8365-6554-7.
  • ^ a b Kennedy, Michael (1990). "Marienleben, Das". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 398. ISBN 0193113201.

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