Early Songs for voice and piano

Song List
Performance Information
Recordings

Song list

• Reiterlied (1914), text by Hermann Löns
• Sehnsucht (1916) text by Joseph, Freiherr von Eichendorff
• Im Volkston (1916), text by Arno Holz
• Volkslied (1917), text by Anna Ritter
• Das schöne Kind (1917), author unknown
• Die stille Stadt (1919), text by Richard Dehmel
• Die Bekehrte (1921), text by Goethe

First known performances:
"Reiterlied," "Im Volkston," "Volkslied": September 9, 1975, Berlin, Berliner Festwochen, Barry McDaniel, vocalist, Aribert Reimann, piano
"Das schöne Kind": Unknown
"Die stille Stadt": either September 4, 1919, Dessau, Elisabeth Feuge, vocalist, Kurt Weill, piano,
                          or June 22, 1920, Halberstadt, Elisabeth Feuge, vocalist, Kurt Weill, piano
 

Recordings

LP Angel DS-49768 K7 Angel DS-49976 CD EMI 7 49768 2		Reiterlied, Im Volkston, Das schöne Kind (in English) Michael Feinstein, vocal, Armen Guzelimian, piano
Arabesque Z6579		Im Volkston and Das schöne Kind Steven Kimbrough, baritone, Dalton Baldwin, piano
Largo 5114		Die stille Stadt Rosemary Hardy, soprano, Ensemble Modern, HK Gruber, cond.
ASV DCA 790		Das schöne Kind and Reiterlied Carole Farley, soprano, Roger Vignoles, piano
Al Segno ASG 2010		Im volkston and Die Stille Stadt Kurt Weill - A Musical Portrait Stefanie Wüst, soprano; Albert Rundel, violin; Thomas Wise, piano.