Dichterliebe
Arrangement for choir and pianoforte (Arr. Hye-Young Cho)
From sublime ecstasy to the deepest despair, Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe (Poet’s love), based on texts by Heinrich Heine, is a story encompassing all the facets of a true and passionate love. The cycle was written in 1840, the year in which the composer, after a lengthy battle and against fierce resistance, was allowed to wed the virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck. 1840 is also celebrated as the “year of song” in the composer’s oeuvre.
This edition makes this world-famous cycle accessible to choirs while creating an entirely fresh sonic experience. Appearing in their new guise, the familiar melodies still closely reflect Schumann’s musical intentions. Hye-Young Cho is one of South Korea’s leading composers. Here she has produced sensitive arrangements in which the vocal groups are deployed in a varied and well considered manner. Her harmonies strictly follow Schumann’s piano setting (which she adopts unchanged), and thus the arrangements preserve the simple yet intense character of the songs.
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Composer
Robert Schumann
| 1810-1856Robert Schumann is still primarily known as a composer of piano and lieder and as a symphonic composer. In his later creative years, however, he saw the composition of choral music as an important focus of his work. Even today, it is important to discover a largely unknown Schumann, whose choral music masterfully combines popular appeal and artistic ambition. Carus offers Schumann's complete works for mixed choir and for female choir a cappella and with piano. They demonstrate his love of experimentation, his sensitivity in the selection and musical realisation of the texts and, last but not least, his independent choral style, which places particular emphasis on refined details in the composition. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Heinrich Heine
| 1797-1856
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Arranger
Hye-Young Cho
| 1969Hye-Young Cho (born 1969) is considered one of the leading composers in South Korea. Her works have been performed in almost every choir and commissioned by most major professional choirs in South Korea. Notably, she was commissioned to write Te Deum for the opening concert of the World Symposium on Choral Music (WSCM) held in Seoul, Korea (2014).
Currently, she is the residence composer for Incheon City Chorale. She has also been the resident composer for the Ansan City Choir and National Chorus of Korea. She is the former president of the Korean Choral Composer Association (KCCA) and has taught at Hanyang University, Konkuk University, and Kangwon National University. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in music composition at Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea.
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Reviews
…das Resultat ist sehr seriös an Schumanns Werk orientiert …
Gustav Danzinger, Chor Aktuell, 12/2025
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