In his poetry collection Liebesfrühling of 1821, Friedrich Rückert expressed his love for his fiancée Luise Wiethaus-Fischer. One of the poems contained in it, Warum willst du andre fragen, places the truth and sincerity of a relationship to the fore. Long melodic arches and expressive intervals characterize the setting by Clara Schumann, née Wieck, who was inspired to set these words to music, probably shortly after her love match with Robert Schumann.
This art song was originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted it to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble, without losing the any of the qualities of the original in the process. Each part in the choir has a melodic line drawn from the harmonic and rhythmic framework. In the process, the variety and refinement of the choral language combines with an enormous flexibility in form and expression, as French melodies or German art song demand from a soloist and pianist.
The songs have been recorded by the figure humaine chamber choir on the CD Kennst du das Land... (Carus 83.495).
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)Warum willst du and’re fragen,
Die’s nicht meinen treu mit dir?
Glaube nicht, als was dir sagen
Diese beiden Augen hier!Glaube nicht den fremden Leuten,
Glaube nicht dem eignen Wahn;
Nicht mein Tun auch sollst du deuten,
Sondern sieh die Augen an!Schweigt die Lippe deinen Fragen,
Oder zeugt sie gegen mich?
Was auch meine Lippen sagen,
Sieh mein Aug’, ich liebe dich!Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866)
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Pourquoi veux-tu demander à d’autres,
Qui ne te sont pas si fidèles ?
Ne crois rien d’autre
Que ce que ces deux yeux ici te disent.Ne crois pas les gens étrangers,
Ne crois pas ta propre folie ;
Ne considère même pas ce que je fais,
Regarde plutôt mes yeux !Ma lèvre se tairait-elle à tes questions,
Ou bien témoignerait-elle contre moi ?
Quoique mes lèvres disent,
Regarde mes yeux, je t’aime !Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866)
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Composer
Clara Schumann
| 1819-1896The most famous female pianist of the 19th century, Clara Schumann, née Wieck, grew up in a musical family. She was strongly encouraged by her father – perhaps a little too strongly, considering that, without any further ado, he penned his daughter’s first diary entries himself. Even as the mother of eight children and wife of Robert Schumann, she continued her impressive career as a concert pianist. Clara Schumann composed numerous piano works, songs, works for chamber ensembles and a piano concerto.
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Songwriter / Librettist
Friedrich Rückert
| 1788-1866Friedrich Rückert, born 1788 in Schweinfurt, died 1866 near Coburg. Poet and translator. Professor of oriental philology in Erlangen. Personal details
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Denis Rouger
| 1961Denis Rouger gained his initial musical experience as the son of a Parisian family of musicians and during his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he received first prizes in harmony, fugue and counterpoint.
He was a lecturer and choirmaster at the University of Paris-Sorbonne for 20 years and choirmaster at Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral for 10 years. He is honorary conductor of the Parisian church La Madeleine. He also collaborates with numerous ensembles in Germany. He has been invited as a guest conductor by radio choirs, the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, the Baden-Württemberg State Youth Choir and the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Concerts have taken him to Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland (Lucerne Festival).
He gives master classes in Sweden, Bulgaria, France, Germany, as well as in Switzerland.
Denis Rouger has been Professor of Choral Conducting at the Stuttgart State University of Music and Performing Arts since 2011. The chamber choir he founded at the university in the fall of 2011 won first prize at the International Choir Competition in Mosbach (Germany) in 2014.
In addition to his work as a choirmaster, he composes and arranges French and German songs for choir. His arrangements on the CDs Kennst Du das Land ... and ... wo die Zitronen blühn (Carus) were well received by the press and radio. In collaboration with Carus-Verlag, he has edited the choir book Französische Chormusik, which received the German Music Edition Award “Best Edition” in 2019.
In 2016, Denis Rouger founded the figure humaine kammerchor (www.figurehumaine.de), with which he regularly gives concerts at renowned festivals.
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