Dieter
Torkewitz : Eine mögliche
Inspiration zu Schumanns Mondnacht
Antoine Reicha’s 36 Fugues for Piano, composed in 1802, have gone
largely unnoticed in music- and reception history. Of the series, no. 18, a
fascinating study in tonal repetitions, possesses certain harmonic and formal
parallels to Robert Schumann’s song “Mondnacht” (op. 39, no.
5). In one prominent passage even their musical structures are the same. Contrary
to the prevailing notion that Reicha’s fugues were of questionable
quality, Schumann recognized positive aspects in them as well. Three years
before composing “Mondnacht” Schumann wrote of them:
“…however, his often curious ideas should not be entirely
dismissed.” Thus one could argue that Reicha’s Fugue no. 18
subliminally influenced the structure of perhaps the most famous piano lied of
the romantic period.
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