Word: loreleis
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...Paraphrase, "Die Lorelei." Nesvadba...
...Song : Lorelei LISZT...
...have had a fine voice when she was Prima Donna soprano at the Imperial Opera House of Vienna, but fine voices seldom last long. Her greatest merit now seems to be a distinct articulation, as we could easily follow her words, especially when she sang Liszt's version of Lorelei; and here, too, she showed her voice to better advantage than in the first selection, which is somewhat too high...
...very interesting to observe how Liszt has treated the famous "Lorelei." He analyzes the poem line by line, and uses the music to color the sentiment of the words in a manner peculiarly his own; the instrumentation is of course perfect. We consider it a mistake, however, to subject Heine's great poem to dramatic or consecutive treatment. It is essentially Iyric in structure and spirit, and the simple touching melody written to it many years ago by Silcher is much better adapted to its character, and will scarcely be superseded by this modern version. In the Scotch Symphony...