Phantasien (Fantasies): Three Songs to poems by Rabindranath Tagore
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for alto solo, women's choir, clarinet, horn, harp (or piano) and string quartet (or string orchestra), Opus 5 (1919)
'Ich laufe wie ein Bisam läuft'; 'Ich pflücke deine Blume'; 'Was flüsterst Du'
Duration: 20''
Publisher: Universal Edition (1922)
available for hire. Vocal score: archive copy available on request (UE 6361)
First performance: Frankfurt (Dessoff) 1919, or Gera (Geraer Damenchor/Gertrud Müller), Dec.1919)
Other performances: Wiener Frauenchor, Vienna, Feb.1920;
Dessoff Choir/Margarete Dessoff, Frankfurt, Apr. 1920, May 1923
Schmeidelscher Kammerchor/Schmeidel, Elberfeld, Dec. 1921, Apr. 1923
Adesdi Choir/Mararethe Dessoff, New York, Apr.1927
Plüddermannscher Frauenchor/Hans Gál, Breslau, Mar.1928.
Wiener Kaufmännischer Gesangverein/Katay, Vienna, Feb. 1929
Essener Frauenchor/Obsner, Essen, Mar. 1929, Mar. 1930
Liederkranz Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Feb. 1931
Seattle Orpheon Society/Lindblom, Seattle, Mar. 1932
Dresdner Sängerinnen/Wolf, Dresden (Palmengarten), Feb. 1933