Beethoven's only song cycle was the precursor of a series of followers, including those of Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann and Carl Loewe. The setting is for a man's voice (usually tenor) with piano. The title page of the original edition (S. A. Steiner, Vienna) bore a dedication with permission to Fürst Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz, Duke of Raudnitz, a leading Austrian musical patron, in whose palace the Eroica Symphony was first performed in 1804; Beethoven also dedicated the six string quartets, Op. 18, the Eroica Symphony, Op. 55, the Triple Concerto, Op. 56, the C minor Symphony, Op. 67, the Pastoral Symphony, Op. 68, and the String Quartet, Op. 74 to him.
Librettist | Alois Isidor Jeitteles (1794-1858) |
Date of composition | 1816 |
First published | 1816 |
Dedicated to | Fürst Joseph von Lobkowitz (1772-1816) |
Type | Song(s) |
Catalogue | Op. 98 |
Approx. duration | 15 minutes |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments |
Voice
Piano |
Arrangements |
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Franz Liszt: An die ferne Geliebte (Liederkreis von Ludwig van Beethoven), S. 469
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Autotranslations beta |
Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98 |