AMZ 41093

ENSEMBLE MAJOR II
CLASSICAL PIANO

Name : Chiam Jia Ying

Matric number: 29203182
Sem/Year : Sem 2 Year 1
 schumann
AN MEINEM HERZEN, AN MEINER BRUST
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42 No. 7

Chiam Jia Ying

29203182
Degree of Music
AMZ 41093
 W H AT I S T H I S S O N G A B O U T ?

An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust

 An meinem Herzen
Adelbert von Chamisso
An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust,
Du meine Wonne, du meine Lust!
Das Glück ist die Liebe, die Lieb ist das Glück,
Ich hab’s gesagt und nehm’s nicht zurück.
Hab überschwenglich mich geschätzt,
Bin überglücklich aber jetzt.
Nur die da säugt, nur die da liebt
Das Kind, dem sie die Nahrung giebt;
Nur eine Mutter weiss allein,
Was lieben heisst und glücklich sein.
O, wie bedaur’ ich doch den Mann,
Der Mutterglück nicht fühlen kann!
Du lieber, lieber Engel, Du
Du schauest mich an und lächelst dazu!
Translations by Richard Stokes, author
of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
On my heart, at my breast,
You my delight, my joy!
Happiness is love, love is happiness,
I’ve always said and say so still.
I thought myself rapturous,
But now am delirious with joy.
Only she who suckles, only she who loves
The child that she nourishes;
Only a mother knows
What it means to love and be happy.
Ah, how I pity the man
Who cannot feel a mother’s bliss!
You dear, dear angel, you,
You look at me and you smile!
 1. the baby's arrival and a mother's love.  
2. expressing the mother's joy over her newborn
3. presented the greatest challenge for Schumann as
his own firstborn would not arrive for yet another year
 CHARACTERISTICS
An meinemd a nHerzen, an meiner
ce-like and joyous
Brust
 How does this song can make you feel the ecstatic joy from a
mother?

Musical terms: Fröhlich, innig.

Fröhlich = cheerful,merry or happy
innig = tender, heartfelt and sincere.
-in D Major
-begins with a chord of the dominant
seventh
-tempo mm=96 (steady and
- time signature ofwaltzing)
6/8 compliment the tone
-repetitious structure

-moves along at a brisk pace, the underlying semiquaver

notes providing a driving energy and a strong contrast to
the preceding
contemplative song

-consistent with arpeggiated, broken chord

-lilting, constant movement on piano
A A'
A A''
 How does this song can make you feel the ecstatic joy from a
mother?

Schneller=fast
noch=gradually

-faster tempo conveys the passion with which the mother

speaks

-staccato chords & quicker tempo on piano

-brings back the first two phrases of the poem

“An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust,
du meine Wonne, du meine Lust!”

-ritardando bring the tempo back to the original

tempo
The collaboration
between
vocal&piano
 • contrasting rhythmic patterns
Vocal part: Simple melody line
Piano part: appergiated & broken chord

2. strong and steady movement of the + nonstop vocal line

= communicate an undeniable, almost militant
accompaniment
pride
3. repetitious structure
be cautioned not to become monochromatic in performance

4. accompaniment is consistent with arpeggiated, broken chord -

repeated chord moves the song forward & perpetuates the ecstatic mood

5. piano echoes the initial vocal phrase in high & low registers

6. vocalist, using a bright tone, accents the downbeat of each measure.

 Reference
Audio Clip & Video Clip credit:
Edith Wiens, Soprano
Rudolf Jansen, Piano
Chiam Jia Ying, Piano

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