Wilhelm Kienzl: Liebende beim Blumenpflücken, Op. 52 No. 7

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Phillip Sear plays a piece - 'Lovers gathering flowers' - from a set of 'Bilder aus dem Volksleben' (Pictures from country life) from 1898 by the Austrian composer Wilhelm Kienzl (1857-1941).
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The Austrian composer, pianist and conductor Wilhelm Kienzl (1857-1941) was for a time a student of Liszt at Weimar but also studied in Bohemia and Austria.  He is best known today for his folk opera 'Der Evangelimann' from 1894 (although he wrote several others).  In his lifetime he was also well known as a song composer, and even considered on a the level of Hugo Wolf.  His songs have been largely neglected since his death, possibly because he was a Nazi sympethiser in his last years.  This set of pieces are mostly prefaced by short verses from various sources, but this one has no quotation. The thumbnail shows forget-me-nots (mysotosis) - a traditional lovers' flower.

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