Romberg: The Song of the Bell / Guido Knüsel

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Friedrich Schiller no doubt reckoned his Lied von der Glocke (The Song of the Bell) among his best poetic creations. He is supposed to have...

Friedrich Schiller no doubt reckoned his Lied von der Glocke (The Song of the Bell) among his best poetic creations. He is supposed to have been inspired to write it by a 1788 visit to a bell foundry in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, and carried the idea for his bell founder´s song around with him for years. When Schill failed to finish it on time for the Musenalmanach in 1797, Goethe, the alamac´s editor, gave him the good advice and encouragement that „The bell will now have to sound all the better since the ore has been kept longer in the flux and has been rid of all slag“ (Goethe´s letter of 14 October 1797). The poem was published three years later in the Musenalmanach of 1800. Andreas Romberg set the whole long poem of 424 verses at one go - it was published by Simrock in 1809.

The composer Andreas Romberg, who certainly did not know Schiller´s wishes, made this idea a reality and set the whole long poem of 424 verses at one go. A bass part is assigned to the honest bell-founder master. His ten strophes all have the same design and the same simple melody, with the latter being varied or modulated now and again in what is a well-crafted composition. As the master directs the casting of the bell, so too the bass moves from station to station of the poem. The master´s big hour comes at the conclusion, when the bell is inaugurated. His solemn word of inauguration (Und dies sei fortan ihr Beruf) has him sing tones reminiscent of Sarastro.



Product Description:


  • Release Date: October 06, 2023


  • UPC: 881488230611


  • Catalog Number: HC23061


  • Label: Haenssler Classic


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: Classical


  • Composer: Andreas Romberg


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Stadtischer Konzertchor Duisburg, Folkwangkammerorchester Essen, Blaser der Duisburger Sinfoniker


  • Performer: Maria Friesenhausen, Renate Naber, Heiner Hopfer, Karl Ridderbusch, Guido Knusel