Wie Bist Du Meine Königin

Wie bist du, meine Königin

Music: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Words: Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800-1858)

Wie bist du, meine Königin is a love song of the highest order. The melody floats over a harmonically rich and flowing accompaniment. Daumer’s poem speaks of the power of love and infatuation to make all things “blissful!” This song comes from Brahms’ Opus 32, composed in 1864. Although poems of two poets are used in the Opus, a case has been made that the 9 songs of Opus 32 are a song cycle, and possibly autobiographical of Brahms’ personal experiences with love, and it’s ups and downs. Wie bist du, meine Königin is the final song of the cycle.

Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany. He spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. He was a vital part of music history, and sits beside Bach and Beethoven as one of the "three B’s." His style of composition was both traditional and innovative. While continuing to use compositional structures of earlier Baroque and Classical composers, his developments in harmony and melody re-cast these forms firmly within the Romantic era. Brahms composed approximately 380 songs, including nearly 100 arrangements of folk and children’s songs; as well as many other works including piano pieces, symphonies, concertos, and chamber works.

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