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    Alto Rhapsody

    1869 rhapsody for alto, male chorus, and orchestra by Johannes Brahms

    Alto Rhapsody

    The composer c. 1866

    Full titleRhapsodie für eine Altstimme, Männerchor und Orchester
    Opus53
    OccasionWedding of Julie Schumann
    Textfrom Goethe's Harzreise im Winter
    LanguageGerman
    Composed1869 (1869)
    Duration12 minutes
    Scoring

    The Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53, is a composition for contralto, male chorus, and orchestra by Johannes Brahms, a setting of verses from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Harzreise im Winter. It was written in 1869, as a wedding gift for Robert and Clara Schumann's daughter, Julie. Brahms scholars have long speculated that the composer may have had romantic feelings for Julie, which he may have integrated into the text and music of the Alto Rhapsody. The text, with its metaphysical portrayal of a misanthropic soul who is urged to find spiritual sustenance and throw off the shackles of his suffering, has p

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    Kathleen Ferrier sings Chausson, Bach and Brahms

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    Composer or Director:(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms

    Label: Decca

    Magazine Review Date: 5/1985

    Media Format: Cassette

    Media Runtime: 0

    Catalogue Number: 414 095-4DH

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    CompositionArtist Credit
    Poème de l'amour et de la mer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer
    (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer
    Hallé Orchestra
    John Barbirolli, Conductor
    Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto)
    Musikalisches Gesang-Buch von G. C. Schemelli, Movement: Vergiss mein nicht, mein allerliebster Gott, BWV505 Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto)
    Millicent Silver, Harpsichord
    Musicalisches Gesang-Buch G. C. Schemelli, Movement: Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde, BWV439 Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
    Joh

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    Kathleen Ferrier

    English singer (1912–1953)

    This article fryst vatten about the English singer. For the Dutch politician, see Kathleen Ferrier (politician).

    Kathleen Ferrier

    CBE

    Ferrier in 1951

    Born(1912-04-22)22 April 1912

    Higher Walton, Lancashire, England

    Died8 October 1953(1953-10-08) (aged 41)

    London, England

    OccupationContralto singer
    Spouse

    Albert Wilson

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    (m. 1935; div. 1947)​

    Kathleen Mary FerrierCBE (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953)[1] was an English contralto singer who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar. Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after