Der Mondabend

"Der Mondabend" ("The moonlit evening") is a poem by Johann Gottfried Kumpf [de], who published his poetry under the pseudonym Ermin in Carinthia [de], a periodical he had founded in 1811.

In 1815 Franz Schubert set "Der Mondabend" for voice and piano. It was first published in 1830 in Vienna, as No. 1 of Op. posth. 131. Later the song was known as D 141. The other two songs of Op. 131 were D 148 (for tenor, men's choir and piano), and 23 (for voice and piano).[1][2] The only other poem by Kumpf that was set by Schubert was "Mein Gruß an den Mai", D 305.[3]

"Der Mondabend", WAB 200, is a reminiscence – in the same key (A major), meter (3
4) and first four notes – of Schubert's "Der Mondabend", that Anton Bruckner composed for Aloisia Bogner c. 1850.[4]

  1. ^ Otto Erich Deutsch in collaboration with Donald R. Wakeling. Schubert: Thematic Catalogue of all his Works in Chronological Order. London: Dent – New York: W. W. Norton, 1951, p. 67
  2. ^ Otto Erich Deutsch, with revisions by Werner Aderhold and others. Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (New Schubert Edition Series VIII Supplement, Volume 4). Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1978. ISMN 9790006305148 – ISBN 9783761805718, pp. 98–99
  3. ^ Shirlee Emmons and Wilbur Watkins Lewis. Researching the Song: A Lexicon. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 9780198034698, p. 266
  4. ^ Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9, p. 42–43