Erlkonig goethe pdf

L1-4: Erlking - Again trying to entice boy to go with him, speaks about his daughters and the fun they will all have together. A lyrical, jolly melody, marked ppp. The meoldy and quiet volume perfectly match the Erlking's sneaky attempts to trick the boy into going with him to the land of the dead. 2 bars intro. RH arpeggio notes in triplets. Piece Style. Classical. Instrumentation. voice, piano. Extra Information. Arranged from a sketch of Ludwig van Beethoven by Reinhold Becker (pages 6-13). Included is Beethoven's original handwritten manuscript (page 3) and Gustav Nottebohm's deciphering of the original sketch (pages 4-5). English translation: Harry Brett. The original inspiration for Goethe's "Erlkonig" comes from a sixteenth-century manuscript of the Danish ballad "Sir Oluf and the Elf-King's Daughter.In this folksong Sir Oluf, riding out to invite guests to his wedding, encounters in the woods a maiden, the Elf-King's daughter, who asks him The poetic interpretation of Goethe's Erlking (persona) varies among music scholars, yet most agree that whatever he is or represents, the Erlking personifies the dark side of human nature and is responsible, directly or at least indirectly, for the child's death. Citing just a few examples, Edward T. Cone (1974, 7-8) suggests that Der_Erlkonig.pdf - Erlkönig 12 8 . School The University of Hong Kong. Course Title CS 2238. Uploaded By JackieXu001. Pages 4. 'This essay will distinguish between Goethe's poem, Schubert's song, and the character depicted therein as fol-lows: "Der Erlk6nig," Erlkonig, and the Erlking. 2The most detailed survey of Erlkonig settings is Werner-Joachim Diiring's Erlkonig-Vertonungen: Eine historische und systematische Untersuchung (hereafter EV) (Regens- Goethe's father, Johann Caspar Goethe (Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, 29 July 1710 - Frankfurt, 25 May 1782), lived with his family in a large house in Frankfurt, then an Imperial Free City of the Holy Roman Empire. Though he had studied law in Leipzig and had been appointed Imperial Councillor, he was not involved in the city's official affairs. The Erl-King, also called The Elf-King, dramatic ballad by J.W. von Goethe, written in 1782 and published as Der Erlkönig. The poem is based on the Germanic legend of a malevolent elf who haunts the Black Forest, luring children to destruction. It was translated into English by Sir Walter Scott and set to music in a famous song by Franz Schubert. An Analysis of Loewe's Erlkonig by Nancy Rogers Abstract. Carl Loewe is relatively unknown today, but he was well respected throughout Europe during his lifetime. Loewe's setting of Goethe's "Erlkonig," dating from 1817-1818, became his best-known composition; of the approximately 100 known Erlkonig settings, it is second only to Schubert's in "Erlkönig", Op. 1, D 328, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert in 1815, which sets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem of the same name. The singer takes the role of four characters — the narrator, a father, his small son, and the titular "Erlking", a supernatural creature who pursues the boy — each of whom exhibit different tessitura, harmonic and rhythmic characteristics. Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Erlkönig, D.328 by Franz Schubert arranged by Alan Wilder for Piano, Soprano (Piano-Voice) Browse. Learn New. Schubert/Goethe - Erlkonig (The Erlking, D.328) - String Quartet Arrangement. String Quartet. Violin (2), Viola, Cello. 21 votes. Erlkoenig. Trumpet In B-flat, Piano. The Ballad. Erlkönig is a ballad penned by Johann