Ständchen, D 920 (Schubert)

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"Ständchen", D 920/921 (also known as "Notturno") is a part song for alto solo, chorus, and piano by Franz Schubert. He composed it in Vienna in July 1827, setting words by Franz Grillparzer ("Zögernd leise, in des Dunkels nächt'ger Hülle").

Schubert wrote two versions, for male and female chorus, originally catalogued as:

D 920, for alto solo, TTBB chorus & piano
D 921, for alto solo, SSAA chorus & piano, Op. 135(p)

The latest update of Deutsch's catalogue places both versions under D 920, and D 921 is no longer used.

History

The poem which Schubert set was specially commissioned from Franz Grillparzer by Anna Fröhlich, a singing teacher in Vienna, to celebrate the birthday (or name-day) of her pupil Louise Gosmar. Fröhlich showed Grillparzer's poem to Schubert and asked him to set it to music, who obliged within a few days with the version for mezzo-soprano and men's voices (D. 920 in Otto Deutsch's chronological catalogue).

However, Fröhlich was unhappy because she wanted a setting for Gosmar to sing with her female friends. So Schubert swiftly produced a re-scored version with SSAA chorus, D. 921. The composer failed to turn up at the public performance and had to be fetched from a nearby beer-house.

Schubert only set two other poems by Grillparzer: "Bertas Lied in der Nacht", D 653, and "Mirjams Siegesgesang", D 942.

Manuscripts and publication

The version with women's choir was published in 1839 or 1840 by Anton Diabelli, as "Ständchen", Op. 135. The title may be Diabelli's own: the extant autograph of D 920 (men's choir version, July 1827) is headed 'Chor mit Alt=Solo / Gedicht von Grillparzer'.

References

Notes

^ Deutsch 1978, p. 587.
Deutsch 1978, p. 588.
Flower 2013, pp. 187–9.
Dahms 1918, pp. 240–241.
"D 920 Ständchen (op. posth. 135)". Schubert Online (1st ed.). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
"D 920 Ständchen (op. posth. 135)" (autograph). Schubert Online. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

Sources

Dahms, Walter (1918). Schubert (in German). Berlin: Schuster & Loeffler.
Deutsch, Otto (1978). Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (in German). Kassel: Bärenreiter. ISBN 9783761805718.
Flower, Newman (2013). Franz Schubert - The Man And His Circle. Read Books Ltd. ISBN 9781473383500.

External links

Ständchen, D 920 for TTBB, and D 921 for SSAA at IMSLP

v t e Songs by Franz Schubert
Part songs	"Schwertlied", D 170 "An die Freude", D 189 "Gesang der Geister über den Wassern", D 714 "Ständchen", D 920
Lieder	"Der Taucher", D 77 "Gretchen am Spinnrade", D 118 "Rastlose Liebe", D 130 "Der Mondabend", D 141 "Amphiaraos", D 166 "Die Bürgschaft", D 246 "Heidenröslein", D 257 "Vaterlandslied", D 287 "Hermann und Thusnelda", D 322 "Erlkönig", D 328 "Der König in Thule", D 367 "Der Wanderer", D 489 "Wiegenlied", D 498 "Der Tod und das Mädchen", D 531 "An die Musik", D 547 "Die Forelle", D 550 "Prometheus", D 674 "Willkommen und Abschied", D 767 "Der Zwerg", D 771 "Auf dem Wasser zu singen", D 774 "Du bist die Ruh', D 776 "Lachen und Weinen", D 777 "Nacht und Träume", D 827 "Ave Maria", D 839 "Im Frühling", D 882 "Ständchen", D 889 "An Sylvia", D 891 "Der Doppelgänger", D 957 No. 13 "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen", D 965
Cycles	Schubert's song cycles, including: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795 Winterreise, D 911 Schwanengesang, D 957
Multiple	Mignon "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" Romanze Sehnsucht Ständchen Trinklied "Wandrers Nachtlied"
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