| 作曲者 | Bertold Hummel (1925-2002) |
| タイトル | Kopflos op. 108 |
| サブタイトル | A song cycle based on droll and mischievous poems by Hermann Hesse |
| 出版社 | Schott（ショット） |
| 楽器編成 | voice and piano |
| 品番 | 9790001136273 |
| 難易度 | 上級 |
| 言語 | ドイツ語 |
| 形状 | 20 ページ・中綴じ |
| 演奏時間 | 15分 |
| 作曲年 | 2002年 |
| 出版年 | 2004年 |
| 出版番号 | ED 9706 |
| ISMN | 9790001136273 |
Hummel wrote this song cycle in the last months of his life and called it his “swan-song”. In the light of this, his selection of poems is highly unusual: the composer did not focus on qualities such as the wisdom of age and detachment from worldly affairs, but instead chose lines rich in scepticism and a mocking vein of humour, this can be heard particularly in the last song, where we hear: “My dear boy, everything that people say is more or less a pack of lies…”The music, which is delicately worked through in both the voice and piano parts, is vividly effective for performers and audience alike.
Kopflos (Headless) - Antwort an Freunde (In answer to friends) - Waldnacht (Night in the Forest) - Bildnis eines zu alt gewordenen Literaten (Portrait of an ageing man of letters) - Soirée - Belehrung (A lecture)