Alto Rhapsody

Japanese: 《アルト・ラプソディ》 - あるとらぷそでぃ
Alto Rhapsody

…Encouraged by the success of this piece, he completed a series of grand choral works, including “Rhapsody” (1869, commonly known as “Alto Rhapsody” due to its composition of an alto soloist, four male voices, and an orchestra) and “Der Fate-Lied” (1871). As artistic director of the Vienna Philharmonic from 1872 to 1875, he conducted the orchestra and choir of the Vienna Philharmonic, and contributed not only to the presentation of his own works but also to the introduction of Baroque music, which was not yet widely known at the time. …

From Rhapsody

…Some of these were arranged for orchestra, stimulating the creation of orchestral rhapsodies with strong ethnic characteristics from the second half of the 19th century onwards (such as Dvorak's Three Slavonic Rhapsodies (1878), Albéniz's (1887) and Ravel's (1908) Spanish Rhapsodies). Brahms' vocal work Alto Rhapsody (1869) for alto soloist and male chorus is a work close to the original meaning of rhapsody, in that it was composed to a fragment of Goethe's Winter Voyage in the Harz. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is more famous in modern times. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Alto Rhapsody" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼はこの曲の成功に力を得て《ラプソディ》(1869。アルト独唱,男声4部,管弦楽という編成から《アルト・ラプソディ》と通称される),《運命の歌》(1871)などの壮大な合唱曲を次々に完成する。 72‐75年ウィーン楽友協会の芸術監督として同協会の管弦楽団と合唱団を指揮し,自作の発表のみならず当時まだ一般に知られていないバロック音楽の紹介に貢献した。…

【ラプソディ】より

…そのうちの数曲は管弦楽用に編曲され,19世紀後半以後の民族的性格の強い管弦楽用のラプソディ(ドボルジャークの《三つのスラブ狂詩曲》(1878),アルベニス(1887)やラベル(1908)の《スペイン狂詩曲》など)の創作を刺激した。なおブラームスのアルト独唱と男声合唱のための声楽曲《アルト・ラプソディ》(1869)は,ゲーテの《冬のハルツ紀行》の断片に作曲されたという点で,ラプソディの原義に近い作品である。現代ではガーシュウィンの《ラプソディ・イン・ブルー》が有名である。…

※「《アルト・ラプソディ》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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