10 Songs (Bacon, Ernst)

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Publisher. Info. San Francisco: Ernst Bacon, 1928.
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Work Title 10 Songs
Alternative. Title 10 Songs by Ernst Bacon
Composer Bacon, Ernst
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IEB 2
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 10 songs
  1. Beat! Beat! Drums!
  2. Der Du von dem Himmel bist (O Thou Who in Heaven Art)
  3. Schilflied (Nocturne)
  4. Ich liebe Dich (I Love Thee)
  5. Die Nachtblume (The Nightflower)
  6. Was ist mir denn so wehe? (Why is my heart so heavy?)
  7. Gebet (Prayer)
  8. Wanderers Nachtlied (Wanderer's Night Song)
  9. First Day
  10. Twilight
First Publication. 1928
Librettist see below
  1. Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
  3. Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850)
  4. Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866)
  5. Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857)
  6. Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857)
  7. Helene Lecher (1865–1929)
  8. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
  9. Mary Prentice Lillie (1906–1998)
  10. Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
Language English, German
Dedication see below
  1. To George Fleming Houston
  2. To Helen Beck
  3. To Mary Prentice Lillie
  4. To Helen Beck
  5. To Virginia Mandyczweski
  6. To Roland Hayes
  7. To Sigrid Onegin
  8. To My Mother
  9. To Eugene Lombard
  10. To Paul Horgan
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation voice, piano
Extra Information A singable English translation is provided for all the songs on German texts.