!!!Romantic Period - Early 19th Century
!!Anselm Huettenbrenner: ''Erlkoenig''

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Along with [Franz Schubert's ''Erlkoenig''|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Franz_Schubert_Erlkönig/Franz_Schubert_Erlkönig_english]
the composition of
the same text by his friend, Anselm Huettenbrenner
(1794 - Graz - 1868; Picture) shouldn't be forgotten. (It
should be noted that Goethe's ballad was one of the most
popular texts to be set to music - ca 130 identified
compositions.) In contrast to Schubert's version, which
achieves perfect unity of text and musical structure,
Huettenbrenner's is much less dramatic. Although he
also composes the text as a whole (not strophically), he
loses tension with long interludes and numerous
repetitions. In his defense, however, it must be said that
the Erlkoenig among his earlier compositions out of
the 250 some songs he eventually wrote,
Huettenbrenner wrote this version in 1829. (E. Stadler)


!Sound Clip
[{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Anselm_Hüttenbrenner_Erlkönig/100106am.mp3' caption='Anselm Huettenbrenner: Erlkoenig\\© Bernhard Hobiger (Bariton), Konstanze Hubmann (Hammerklavier) (Aufnahme: GM-Tonstudio-Musikverlag Dr. Werner Jauk, Graz)'}]


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