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The Book of the Hanging Gardens

15-part song cycle for solo voice and piano by Arnold Schoenberg, written in 1908–1909, setting poems of Stefan George about the failed love affair of 2 youths in a garden, ending with the woman's departure and the disintegration of the garden
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The Book of the Hanging Gardens

Summary

The Book of the Hanging Gardens is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's instance of is recorded as lyrico-musical work[4].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's composer is recorded as Arnold Schoenberg[5].
  • hanging garden is named after The Book of the Hanging Gardens[6].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's based on is recorded as Q110878983[7].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's depicts is recorded as romantic love[8].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's depicts is recorded as detachment[9].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's language of work or name is recorded as German[10].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens was released on 1914[11].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's lyricist is recorded as Stefan George[12].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's tonality is recorded as atonality[13].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's date of first performance is recorded as January 14, 1910[14].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's title is recorded as Das Buch der hängenden Gärten[15].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's title is recorded as Gedichte aus "Das Buch der hängenden Gärten" von Stefan George[16].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's form of creative work is recorded as song cycle[17].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].
  • The Book of the Hanging Gardens's opus number is recorded as 15[19].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Song-cycle[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 092e9f6a-4c0d-4718-b4c6-a820c02d975d[21]

Body

Publication

The Book of the Hanging Gardens was released on 1914[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as German[10].

Why It Matters

The Book of the Hanging Gardens ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (65 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Arnold Schoenberg Stefan George

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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