' (German, 'Dreams of Love') is a set of three solo piano nocturnes (S.541/R.211) by Franz Liszt published in 1850. Originally the three ' were conceived as lieder after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath. In 1850 two versions appeared simultaneously as a set of songs for high voice and piano, and as transcriptions for piano two-hands.
The two poems by Uhland and the one by Freiligrath depict three different forms of love. follows:
:<score raw="1">
\header {
tagline = ##f
}
tempoMark = {
\once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'self-alignment-X = #-1
\once \override Score.RehearsalMark #'break-align-symbols = #'(time-signature key-signature)
\once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'break-align-anchor-alignment = #-1
\mark \markup \bold "Poco Allegro, con affetto."
}
global = {
\tempoMark
\key as \major
\time 6/4
\partial 4
}
\parallelMusic #'(voiceA voiceB voiceC voiceD) {
% Anacrusis
r4 |
s4 |
ees4 |
r4 |
% Bar 1
r8 ees [\( aes c aes ees\)] r ees [\( aes c aes ees\)] |
c2. s |
aes,4 s s c'2. |
s4 r r r2. |
% Bar 2
r8 e [\( bes' c bes e, \)] r e [\( bes' c bes e, \)] |
c2. ( c2 ) s4 |
s2. s2 c4 |
g4 r r r2. |
}
right = {
\global
<<
\relative c' \voiceA
\\
\relative c' \voiceB
>>
}
left = {
\global
<<
\relative c \voiceC
\\
\relative c \voiceD
\new Dynamics {
s4 | \repeat unfold 2 { s4\sustainOn s1 s8 s8\sustainOff | }
}
>>
}
\score {
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Staff = "right" \with {
midiInstrument = "acoustic grand"
} \right
\new Staff = "left" \with {
midiInstrument = "acoustic grand"
} { \clef bass \left }
>>
\layout { }
\midi {
\context {
\Score
tempoWholesPerMinute = #(ly:make-moment 100 4)
}
}
}
</score>
References
External links
- Sheet music of Liebestraum No.3 on Cantorion.org
- MIDIs from Piano Rolls. Real recordings by Otto Higel, Leo Ornstein, Josef Lhevinne, Eugene d'Albert, Katsuhiro Oguri
- Liebesträume: 3 Notturnos , various recordings
- Recording of Number 3 in A-flat performed by the pianist Alberto Cobo
- "Freiligrath – 'O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst by Scott Horton, 8 November 2009, Harper's Magazine