Biography of Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860)
27.06.1789
Born in Schnait (Württemberg)
1817
Academic music director at the university of Tübingen
1829
Foundation of the academic "Liedertafel"
1839
Foundation of an oratory choir
1852
Honorary Doctor of the Tübingen University
06.12.1853
The variations for flute on "Nelo cor piú nn mi sento" are first mentioned in a document
26.08.1860
Dies in Tübingen
Dedicated himself mainly to the fosterage of folk songs by setting them for four-part male and female choirs and by composition of himself (z. B. Alle Jahre wieder, Ännchen von Tharau or Muss i denn also sung later by Elvis)
Further information/Sources:
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Sheet music for flute:
Variationen über Nel cor piú non mi sento (D-Dur)
(flute, piano)
Bärenreiter, Ba 8173
Rating: mid-grade
- Introduzione (Adagio)
- Thema (Andantino)
- Variation 1 (Cantabile)
- Variation 2 (Vivace)
- Variation 3 (Klavier-Solo)
- Variation 4 (Minore. Adagio.)
- Variation 5 (Alla Polacca)
the theme is from the opera La Molinara von Paisiello ("Mich fliehen alle Freuden"). Beethoven used this melody in 1795 to write variations for the piano.
Literature von/über Friedrich Silcher
- Beci, Veronika: Musiker und Mächtige2001. - ISBN: 3-538-07126-8
- Tonger, P. J.: Conversations-Lexikon der TonkunstBeilage der Neuen MusikzeitungKöln: Wilhelm Hassel,1910.
Last edit 30.12.2019