Description
Schweitzers Heimweh- Longing for Switzerland by Heinrich Proch
Editors: J and E Xanthoudakis
Instrumentation: Piano, High Voice and Clarinet in B flat or cello
IMSN 979-0-9009609-3-1
Difficulty: D
Price: $ 23.95 US
Duration: approx 5.00 min
Instrumentation: Piano, High Voice and Clarinet in B flat or cello
IMSN 979-0-9009609-3-1
Difficulty: D
Price: $ 23.95 US
Duration: approx 5.00 min
Heinrich Proch (1809-78) was a well-known Viennese conductor and singing teacher; pupils included Materna, Dustmann and Tietjens, and his daughter Louise was a professional singer. He composed an opera, operettas and over 200 songs. here again. Schweitzers Heimweh (Op.38, 1847) gives patriotic voice to a Swiss exile in an uncongenial land longing for home.
(Derek Clark)
Full German – English translations and historical notes are included.
NOTE: This work is also found on the recording by TrioKROMA on MOVE records: The Shepherd and the Mermaid ( MCD 472 ) and Signum: The Captive Nightingale ( SIGCD398 )
