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BRAHMS – Song Op.62-4 ‘Dein Herzlein mild’ (Thou gente girl) – FOUR CELLOS

Other Identification:
David Johnstone has included 5 of the 7 songs by Brahms published as his Opus 62 and presented them as romantic and sensitive settings for four cellos (or larger ensembles when doubling the parts). The harmonic importance is shared almost equally amongst all four cello parts in every song, though Cello 1 has the most memorable melodic lines.

The remaning two pieces of the collection are also available in the Johnstone-Music web:
All`meine_Herzgedanken (“Wher e’er I go”) – 6 Cellos
Von alten Liebesliedern (“”Before my fair one’s window”) – 8 Cellos

Movements or sections:
Here are the listing of ALL seven songs:

BRAHMS – Song Op.62-1 ‘Rosmarin’ (Rosemary) – FOUR CELLOS
BRAHMS – Song Op.62-2 ‘Von alten Liebesliedern’ (“”Before my fair one’s window”) – EIGHT CELLOS
BRAHMS – Song Op.62-3 ‘Waldesnacht’ (Gloom of Woods) – FOUR CELLOS
BRAHMS – Song Op.62-4 ‘Dein Herzlein mild’ (Thou gente girl) – FOUR CELLOS
BRAHMS – Song Op.62-5 ‘All`meine_Herzgedanken’ (“Wher e’er I go”) – SIX CELLOS
BRAHMS – Song Op.62-6 ‘Es geht ein Wehen’ (I hear a sighing) – FOUR CELLOS
BRAHMS – Song Op.62-7 ‘Vergangen ist mir Glück und Heil’ (Of ev’ry joy I am bereft) – FOUR CELLOS

Instrumentation:
QUARTET OF FOUR CELLOS
Also convincing when performed by larger cello ensembles

1 PDF, containing both the cello score and all the individual parts
Many thanks to Javier Navascués (‘KaosMusicae’) for these wonderful computer edited presentations…

Approximate difficulty:
EASY to MEDIUM

The transportation into other keys of all five pieces has been proposed so that:
Cello 1 is placed up to a maximum of 7th position, but does not use thumb position at any moment. Tenor clef is sometimes used. Cellos 2, 3 and 4 never extend beyond 4th position, and are always found in the bass (F) clef. For all the parts extensions are frequently found. The music has been bowed by Johnstone, and fingering suggestions are occasionally shown too.

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
These musical creations have been prepared for and dedicated to the Spanish cellist Paula Gómez Navarro and her cello ensemble from Sabiñanigo (Aragón, Spain)

Links (Audio – Visual), and known performances given by: BRAHMS – Dein Herzlein mild, Song Op.62/4 – FOUR CELLOS or CELLO ORCHESTRA – played by “HelloCello!”

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