Адельберт фон Шамиссоның «Әйел махаббаты мен өмірі» поэзиялар циклы

Cycle of poems by Adelbert von Chamisso

Frauen Liebe und Leben (A Woman's Love and Life) is a cycle of poems by Adelbert von Chamisso, written in 1830. They describe the course of a woman's love for her man, from her point of view, from first meeting through marriage to his death, and after. Selections were set to music as a song cycle by masters of German Lied, namely Carl Loewe (1836), Franz Lachner (c1839), and Robert Schumann (1840). The setting by Schumann (his opus 42) is now the most widely known.

There are nine lyrics in the cycle, to which Chamisso gave the title Frauen Liebe und Leben. It was first published in 1830, and twice in 1831 in the first editions of his poetry, and of his complete works. Schumann in his cycle did not set the final stanza of No. 2 ('Er, der Herrlichste von allen') with its sudden change of mood. He also left out the last poem, No. 9 'Traum der eignen Tage', which is addressed to the now aged protagonist's granddaughter ("Tochter meiner Tochter"). Loewe set all nine poems in full, although only the first seven were published together.

Carl Loewe's Frauenliebe, for mezzo soprano and piano, was published as his opus 60 in 1836. He called it a Liederkranz ('wreath [or garland] of songs'), rather than a Liederkreis ('song cycle'). Although Loewe set all nine of Chamisso's poems in September 1836, only the first seven were published together during his lifetime. No. 9, 'Traum der eignen Tage', was published separately in 1869, and No. 8 remained in MS until 1904 when it was included in the Breitkopf & Härtel complete edition of his works.

Franz Lachner (1803–1890) made a setting entitled Frauenliebe und leben for soprano, horn (or cello) and piano as his Op. 59 (c1839); he made another arrangement for soprano, clarinet and piano, published in 1847 as his Op. 82. Like Schubert's Auf dem Strom, D. 943, it is part of the small repertoire of solo vocal music ensemble with horn. Lachner's youngest brother, Vincenz Lachner, wrote a song 'Waldhornruf' (Hunting horn call') for tenor, horn and piano.

Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Lesley Schatzberger (clarinet), Richard Burnett (fortepiano) – Classicprint CPV005CD. Aríon Trio (Andrea Weigt, soprano; Stefan Henke, horn; Rainer Gepp, piano), Antes Edition BM CD 31.9120.