乘著歌聲的翅膀

Piano: On Wings Of Song Composer: Mendelssohn Rebecca Lin 2009 Spring In USA

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回複laotong的評論:

Oh, I see. Thank you.

[laotong]

過去隻聽過小提琴版本.鋼琴也非常好

[林貝卡]

回複福田的評論:

問好。

我收集了《乘著歌聲的翅膀》的三個版本，我個人偏愛小提琴版本，和你分享，這是下載連接：

Violin: On Wings Of Song, Op.34, No.2
Composer: Mendelssohn
Artist: Sarah Chang
http://space.wenxuecity.com/media/1239395087.wma

歌曲：乘著歌聲的翅膀
作曲：門德爾鬆
演唱：黑鴨子
http://space.wenxuecity.com/media/1239772863.mp3

Piano: On Wings Of Song
Composer: Mendelssohn
http://space.wenxuecity.com/media/1239771599.mp3

Have a nice Thursday,

Rebecca

[福田]

很放鬆的音樂。謝謝。

[林貝卡]

On Wings of Song

Listeners will immediately recognize Mendelssohn's On Wings of Song whether in its original form for voice and piano or as transcribed for piano by Liszt or for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz. It is the best known of Mendelssohn's 100 or so songs.

Mendelssohn wrote the piece a couple of months after moving to Leipzig to become director of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Singakademie. He had just spent a frustrating two years in Düsseldorf trying to conduct somewhat amateur musicians and performing for unappreciative audiences. He found that everything in cosmopolitan, cultured Leipzig was to his liking; his contentment is reflected in this song.

Heinrich Heine's text tells of melody's power to transport lovers to the most beautiful night garden, with bright and fragrant flowers, gazelles, a murmuring stream, and a palm tree, under which they can dream. The song begins with a very brief piano introduction, outlining the upward arpeggiated harmony used throughout the piece. The vocal line gently drifts in a 6/8 meter, dotted rhythmic pattern that is typical of Mendelssohn.

The melody of the two verses follows a simple AB structure. For a brief moment, at the beginning of the B section, the song slips into the minor to convey the wonder of the things seen in the garden, but quickly moves back into the major.

The end of each verse contains a sustained pause, while the piano completes an extended arpeggio. Then, there is a break in the accompaniment, when quiet chords are used to support the final line of the verse before returning to an arpeggiated bridge.

A coda reprises the beginning A section of the verse, and then the melody slowly winds down, the piano continuing the arpeggiation until the final two chords, as the lovers drift off to "dream our blessed dream."(Source: All Music Guide)

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Felix Mendelssohn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn[1] (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.

The grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, he was born to a notable Jewish family which later converted to Christianity. He was recognised early as a prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did not seek to capitalise on his abilities. Indeed his father was disinclined to allow Felix to follow a musical career until it became clear that he intended to seriously dedicate himself to it.

Early success in Germany was followed by travel throughout Europe; Mendelssohn was particularly well received in England as a composer, conductor and soloist, and his ten visits there, during which many of his major works were premiered, form an important part of his adult career. His essentially conservative musical tastes however set him apart from many of his more adventurous musical contemporaries such as Liszt, Wagner and Berlioz. The Conservatoire he founded at Leipzig became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook.

Mendelssohn's work includes symphonies, concerti, oratorios, piano and chamber music. He also had an important role in the revival of interest in the music of J. S. Bach. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and antisemitism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his creative originality is now being recognized and re-evaluated. He is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era.