Composition: Gurre-Lieder (Schoenberg, Arnold)

Composition: Gurre-Lieder (Schoenberg, Arnold)

Title	Gurre-Lieder
Creators	Arnold Schoenberg (composer) and Robert Franz Arnold (librettist)
Opus	—
Instrumentation	narrator, 5 voices, 3 male chorus, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements	3
Keys	—
Composed	1900
First published	1912
Dedication	—
Tempo markings	—
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Average duration (sec)	6000
Number of measures	—
Composition types	Lieder
Language	German
Period	Early 20th century
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Arrangements

Details	Section	Arranged for	Arranger
view	Lied der Waldtaube	chamber orchestra	—

Scores

Details	Section	Type	Publisher	Date	File (click to view)
view	Complete	—	Universal Edition	1920	Part I Part II Part III
view	Complete	parts	Universal Edition	1920	Piccolo 1, 2, 3, 4 (also Flute 5, 6, 7, 8) Flute 1, 2, 3, 4 Oboe 1, 2, 3 English Horn 1, 2 (also Oboe 4, 5) Piccolo Clarinet 1, 2 (E) (also Clarinet 6, 7 in A) Clarinet 1, 2, 3 (B, A) Bass Clarinet 1, 2 (B, A) (also Clarinet 4, 5 in A) Bassoon 1, 2, 3 Contrabassoon 1, 2 Horn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (F) Horn 7, 8 (F) (also Tenor Wagner Tuba 1, 2 in B) Horn 9, 10 (F) (also Bass Wagner Tuba 1, 2 in F) Trumpet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (F, B, C) Bass Trumpet (E) Alto Trombone Tenor Trombone 1, 2, 3, 4 Bass Trombone, Contrabass Trombone Bass and Contrabass Tuba Percussion Score Celesta Harp 1, 2, 3, 4 Violins I Violins II Violas Cellos Basses
view	Complete	vocal score	Universal Edition	1912	Complete Score
view	Choruses	vocal score	—	—	Choral Score
view	4 Lieder	vocal score	Universal Edition	1914	4 Songs arranged for voice and piano I, 5. So tanzen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht (Waldemar) I, 6. Nun sag ich dir zum ersten Mal (Tove) I, 9. Du wunderliche Tove! (Waldemar) I, 10. Tauben von Gurre! (Stimme des Waldtaube)
view	4 Lieder	vocal score	Universal Edition	1912	I, 10. Tauben von Gurre! (Stimme des Waldtaube) Color Covers
view	Lied der Waldtaube	Arrangement for chamber orchestra	Universal Edition	1923	Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

Details	Performers	Files (click to listen)
view	René Leibowitz (performer) and Morris Gessel (performer)	Part I Part II Part III

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