Forbidden Music Regained


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Abschied Liederencyclus op teksten van Herman Hesse (high version) opus 59

By Géza Frid

genre
Vocal music
instrumentation
Voice and piano (ten pf)
duration
12 minutes
year
1960
location of manuscript
www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 304/127-2
status
published score
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Details

Traum
Im Nebel
Ich log
Ich habe nichts mehr...
Der Tod ging nachts

A version for bass and piano exists as well

Collioure/Amsterdam

‘Herman’ should actually be ‘Hermann’

 

About Géza Frid

Géza Frid

The Hungarian Géza Frid was one of the key figures in the post-war Dutch music world. To escape the dictatorship of his country of origin, he fled to the Netherlands in 1927. He always remained true to the musical language of his roots. As of 1941, Frid as a stateless Jew, was prohibited from performing in public. He became involved in illegal activities and the artists' resistance movement, and it's a miracle he survived the war. After the liberation, he resumed his life as an artist. For years he was one of the most frequently performed composers in the Netherlands. Since the turn of the twentieth century there was even a sort of “Frid-Renaissance.”

by Arthur Frid