Pieces in this collection
- An die Geliebte, D 303 (To the beloved)
- Labetrank der Liebe, D 302 (Refreshing drink of love)
- Die Macht der Liebe, D 308 (The power of love)
- Mein Gruß an den Mai, D 305 (My greeting to May)
- Skolie (Lasst im Morgenstrahl des Mai’n), D 306 (Drinking song)
- Die Sternenwelten, D 307 (The worlds of the stars)
- Wiegenlied (Schlummre sanft), D 304 (Lullaby)
Walter Dürr suggested that seven of Schubert’s settings of poems from the following volume were intended to be a unified group:
Selam. Ein Almanach für Freunde des Mannigfaltigen. Herausgegeben von I.F.Castelli. Dritter Jahrgang 1814. Wien, gedruckt und im Verlage bey Anton Strauß (available online at http://digital.onb.ac.at/OnbViewer/viewer.faces?doc=ABO_%2BZ255496805)
This ‘Almanac for friends of variety’ begins with practicalities: the calendar for the year ahead (including the phases of the moon, the lengths of the days, Catholic and Protestant feast days etc.); routes and timings of stage coaches leaving from and arriving in Vienna; (very vague) weather forecasts etc. However, most of it is taken up with poems and stories. The poetry is divided into sections (such as Ballads, Legends, Fables, Odes, Elegies). One of Schubert’s settings is taken from the section devoted to Sonnets, but all the others are from ‘Lieder’ (songs or lyrics).
Dürr's suggested ordering D 303 An die Geliebte (Stoll) D 302 Labetrank der Liebe (Stoll) D 308 Die Macht der Liebe (Kalchbeg) D 305 Mein Gruss an den Mai (Kumpf) D 306 Skolie (Deinhardstein) D 307 Die Sternenwelten (Jarnik, tr. Fellinger) D 304 Wiegenlied (Körner)
Order of the texts within Selam D 302 Labetrank der Liebe (Stoll) p. 38 (Section II: Sonnette) D 304 Wiegenlied (Körner) pp. 197-198 (Section IX: Lieder) D 305 Mein Gruss an den Mai (Kumpf) pp. 200-201 (Section IX: Lieder) D 302 Labetrank der Liebe (Stoll) p. 204 (Section IX: Lieder) D 303 An die Geliebte (Stoll) p.205 (Section IX: Lieder) D 306 Skolie (Deinhardstein) p. 208 (Section IX: Lieder) D 307 Die Sternenwelten (Jarnik, tr. Fellinger) pp. 312 - 315 (Section XV: Uebersetzungen und Bearbeitungen von Gedichten aus fremden Sprachen).
Walter Dürr, ´Lieder aus dem “Selam”. Ein Schubertsches Liederheft´ in Introduction to Vol. 9 of NSA (p. XVI). 1989
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