[Op. 20]. Herzgewächse [Piano-vocal score]

Wien: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 7927], 1925. GREISSLE, Felix 1894-1982 (arr.). Folio. Stapled. Original publisher's printed wrappers. 1f. (title), 3-7, [1] (blank) pp.

With publisher's catalogue "Arnold Schönbergs Werke in der Universal-Edition" dated "IV [April] 1925" to verso of lower wrapper.

Slightly worn; wrappers partially split. First Edition of this arrangement. Rufer (E), p. 38. Satoh, pp. 13-14. The full score was published by Universal-Edition in 1920.

The text of Herzgewächse (Foliage of the Heart) is by Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Karl Klammer and Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski. The arranger, Felix Greissle, was Schoenberg's son-in-law.

"The vocal part is perhaps the most technically difficult in Schönberg's entire oeuvre; the scope lies initially within the low octave range, but soon leaps much wider. Toward the end, the part calls for the F above the treble staff in quadruple piano, before dropping again into the low octave." Matthias Schmidt, website of the Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna.