Description

When Mendelssohn learned from his publisher Nikolaus Simrock that he would receive an additional honorarium for his "Lieder ohne Worte," he enthusiastically thanked him. However, even Mendelssohn could not have foreseen the lasting gift he was making to posterity with these Songs Without Words. These "Original Melodies," "Romanzen," or "Clavierstücke" - which later gained the title "Lieder ohne Worte" - enjoyed great success during the composer's lifetime and are now considered among the most rewarding pieces of 19th-century piano literature. Our volume contains the complete "Lieder ohne Worte" published both during Mendelssohn's lifetime and posthumously.

Songs / Content

• Songs without Words op. 19
• Song without Words E major op. 19,1
• Song without Words a minor op. 19,2
• Song without Words A major op. 19,3
• Song without Words A major op. 19,4
• Song without Words f sharp minor op. 19,5
• Song without Words (Venetian Gondola Song) g minor op. 19,6
• Songs without Words op. 30
• Song without Words E flat major op. 30,1
• Song without Words b flat minor op. 30,2
• Song without Words E major op. 30,3
• Song without Words b minor op. 30,4
• Song without Words D major op. 30,5
• Song without Words (Venetian Gondola Song) f sharp minor op. 30,6
• Songs without Words op. 38
• Song without Words E flat major op. 38,1
• Song without Words c minor op. 38,2
• Song without Words E major op. 38,3
• Song without Words A major op. 38,4
• Song without Words a minor op. 38,5
• Song without Words (Duetto) A flat major op. 38,6
• Songs without Words op. 53
• Song without Words A flat major op. 53,1
• Song without Words E flat major op. 53,2
• Song without Words g minor op. 53,3
• Song without Words F major op. 53,4
• Song without Words a minor op. 53,5
• Song without Words A major op. 53,6
• Songs without Words op. 62
• Song without Words G major op. 62,1
• Song without Words B flat major op. 62,2
• Song without Words e minor op. 62,3
• Song without Words G major op. 62,4
• Song without Words (Venetian Gondola Song) a minor op. 62,5
• Song without Words (Spring Song) A major op. 62,6
• Songs without Words op. 67
• Song without Words E flat major op. 67,1
• Song without Words f sharp minor op. 67,2
• Song without Words B flat major op. 67,3
• Song without Words C major op. 67,4
• Song without Words b minor op. 67,5
• Song without Words E major op. 67,6
• Songs without Words op. 85
• Song without Words F major op. 85,1
• Song without Words a minor op. 85,2
• Song without Words E flat major op. 85,3
• Song without Words D major op. 85,4
• Song without Words A major op. 85,5
• Song without Words B flat major op. 85,6
• Songs without Words op. 102
• Song without Words e minor op. 102,1
• Song without Words D major op. 102,2
• Song without Words C major op. 102,3
• Song without Words g minor op. 102,4
• Song without Words A major op. 102,5
• Song without Words C major op. 102,6
• Song without Words (Rider's Song) d minor
• Appendix: Song without Words (version of the english First Edition) b minor op. 30,4
• Appendix: Song without Words (version of a transcription by Carl Klingemann) B flat major op. 85,6
• Appendix: Song without Words (version of later autograph) D major op. 102,2