Franz Peter Schubert (1797 – 1828) was an Austrian
composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a vast
oeuvre, including more than 600 secular vocal works
(mainly lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred
music, operas, incidental music, and a large body of
piano and chamber music. His major works include the
art song "Erlkönig", the Piano Trout Quintet in A
major, the unfinished Symphony No. 8 in B minor, the
"Great" Symphony No. 9 in ...(+)
Franz Peter Schubert (1797 – 1828) was an Austrian
composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a vast
oeuvre, including more than 600 secular vocal works
(mainly lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred
music, operas, incidental music, and a large body of
piano and chamber music. His major works include the
art song "Erlkönig", the Piano Trout Quintet in A
major, the unfinished Symphony No. 8 in B minor, the
"Great" Symphony No. 9 in C major, a String Quintet,
the three last piano sonatas, the opera Fierrabras, the
incidental music to the play Rosamunde, and the song
cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise. He was
remarkably prolific, writing over 1,500 works in his
short career. His compositional style progressed
rapidly throughout his short life. The largest number
of his compositions are songs for solo voice and piano
(roughly 630). Schubert also composed a considerable
number of secular works for two or more voices, namely
part songs, choruses and cantatas. He completed eight
orchestral overtures and seven complete symphonies, in
addition to fragments of six others. While he composed
no concertos, he did write three concertante works for
violin and orchestra. Schubert wrote a large body of
music for solo piano, including eleven incontrovertibly
completed sonatas and at least eleven more in varying
states of completion, numerous miscellaneous works and
many short dances, in addition to producing a large set
of works for piano four hands. He also wrote over fifty
chamber works, including some fragmentary works.
Schubert's sacred output includes seven masses, one
oratorio and one requiem, among other mass movements
and numerous smaller compositions. He completed only
eleven of his twenty stage works.
"Lachen und Weinen" (Laughter and Weeping D.777 Op. 59
No. 4) is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert in 1822-3
and published in 1826. It is D. 777 in Otto Erich
Deutsch's catalog. The text is from Friedrich
Rückert's collection of poems, Östliche Rosen
(Eastern Roses), which was highly influenced by the
poetry of the Persian poet Hafis. The poem was untitled
in the collection, so Schubert named it after the
beginning words. The tempo marking is "Etwas geschwind"
(Somewhat fast). Throughout the song, major and minor
tonal fluctuations reflect Schubert's impression of the
meanings of the words.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachen_und_Weinen)
Although originally composed for Voice and Piano, I
created this Interpretation of "Lachen und Weinen"
(Laughter and Weeping D.777 Op. 59 No. 4) for Flute &
Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).