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Gustav Lange: Holder Jugendtraum (after Franz von Holstein), Op.248

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2016 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a transcription by Gustav Lange of an aria ('Sweet youth-dream) from Franz von Holstein's 1875 opera 'Die Hochländer', Op.36).
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The German composer Gustav Lange (1830-89) was very popular in the 19th century for ' Blumenlied ' , 'Eidelweiss ' and other salon pieces. Unlike many of his contemporary composers for the parlour and salon who racked up apparently large catalogues of works by giving individual opus numbers to short pieces, Lange was genuinely prolific. For example, his Op. 171 'Lieder Blüthen' is a set of some 59 fantasies on popular songs of the day, by composers including Franz Abt, Reichardt and Conradin Kreutzer, as well as Bendel - which might well take over four hours to perform in its entirety - maybe a good subject for a piano marathon!

This transcription is of an aria from an 1875 opera set in Scotland ('The Highlander') by the German composer Franz von Holstein (1826-78), which features Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Stuart pretender to the Scottish and English thrones.  It is sung by the character Reginald, and opens the second of the four acts.  My thumbnail shows a detail from Allan Ramsay's portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
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