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| Genre | | Classical Electronic Rendition |
| Description | | The renditions of classical music that are produced by the Virtual Philharmonic Orchestra, place a lot of emphasis on realistic musical rendition in classical tradition rather than on avantgardistic sound experiments. |
| | Welcome to the site with MP3 renditions of the Virtual Philharmonic Orchestra. I hope you enjoy the music presented here. All recordings were made with electronic computer-controlled instruments, not with a focus on avantardistic sound, but with an emphasis on realistic performance.
The MIDI renditions which are the basis of some of the MP3 recording here, are available at www.virtualphilharmonic.com. |
| Information for song "Im Maerzen der Bauer" | | | | |  | An Austrian folk song from the area around Linz, describing the bucolic farm life. "Spring Song", celebrating the arrival of March, and then moving on through the year.
Singer: David Solomons.
Orchestral Arrangement, Rendition, Recording, and Mixing: Reinhold Behringer.
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| | Song Story |
The melody of this song stems from the 18th century. It is similar to Valentin Rathgeber`s "Wann d` Hoffnung nicht waer" from the "Tafel-Confect" II, Augsburg 1737. This melody also appears (in Minor) in the first four measures of the 1. Minuet in W. A. Mozarts "Haffner-Serenade" (Koechel-Verz. No. 250), Salzburg 1776.
The song itself appeared as "Bauernlied" in a songbook in 1884.
In 2002, counter tenor David Solomons collaborated with Reinhold Behringer in creating this recording. David sang his parts solo, and Reinhold mixed the voice recording with his orchestration. The realistic string orchestral samples are from the Garritan GigaString Libraries.
The orchestral arrangement is a new interpretation of the ideas appearing in the lyrics. Musical motives appear parallel to the descriptions in the text.
| | Song Lyrics | | (There are many versions of the actual text lyrics. This version is a combination of various verses into a four-verse song).
1. Im Maerzen der Bauer
Die Roesslein einspannt,
Er bringt seine Felder
Und Wiesen in Stand.
Er ackert, er egget,
er pflueget, er saet
Und ruehrt seine Haende
von Morgen bis spaet.
2. Den Rechen, den Spaten,
Den nimmt er zur Hand
Und setzet die Wiesen
und Wege instand.
Auch pfropft er die Baeume
Mit edlerem Reis,
Und spart weder Arbeit
Noch Muehe und Fleiss.
3. Die Knechte und Maegde,
und all sein Gesind,
das regt und bewegt sich
wie er so geschwind.
Sie singen manch munteres,
Froehliches Lied
Und freu`n sich von Herzen,
Wenn alles schoen blueht.
4. Und ist dann der Fruehling
Und Sommer vorbei,
So fuellet die Scheuer
Der Herbst wieder neu.
Und ist voll die Scheuer,
Voll Keller und Haus,
Dann gibt`s auch im Winter
Manch froehlichen Schmaus.
| | Song Statistics | | Song Serial Number: | | 128 | | Date of first upload: | | Saturday February 19th, 2005 | | Date of last update: | | Sunday February 20th, 2005 | | Total downloads and listens: | | 731 | | Total amount sold: | | $0.00 |
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