Frühlingsfeier
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"Frühlingsfeier" (English: "Spring Festival" or "Rite of Spring") is a song composed by Richard Strauss using the text of a poem with the same name by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), the fifth in his Opus 56 collection, (TrV 220) which was published in 1906. Originally written for piano and voice, Strauss wrote an orchestral version in 1933.
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Frühlingsfeier | |
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Lied by Richard Strauss | |
English | Rite of Spring |
Catalogue | TrV 220 |
Opus | 56, No. 5 |
Text | Heinrich Heine |
Language | German |
Composed | September 22, 1906 (September 22, 1906) |
Dedication | Composer's Mother, Josephine |
Scoring | Voice and piano |
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