Voice — Art song & lieder
Late Romantic / Early Modern · 1948

Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs)

R. Strauss

Key
Eb
Time
C
Tempo
♩=50
AO focus
AO1

Incipit

Form

Last of Strauss's Four Last Songs. Setting of Eichendorff. Strauss died less than a year after composition.

Teaching points

  • Strauss's musical farewell
  • Eichendorff text
  • AO1: standard soprano recital
Full score ↓Public domain

Boosey 1948, PD via 95-year rule.

Topic T11