Berceuse

Berceuse (French ) means lullaby. Notably, in the instrumental music of the 19th century, the Berceuse developed into an independent form of music that is dreamy and quiet by nature is here and is much more like Nocturne. This form of music was by composers such as Frédéric Chopin, Maurice Ravel ( Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré ), Claude Debussy ( Berceuse héroïque ), Isaac Albéniz, Ferruccio Busoni ( Berceuse eliaque ) and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky implemented.

But the - melodic simply designed - the "real" lullabies that were sung to children before going to sleep, were included in the instrumental music. Frédéric Chopin made ​​use of in the middle part of his Scherzo (Op. 20 in B minor ) of the Polish lullaby Lulajze Jezuniu, Lulajze, Lulaj (, Sleep, little Jesus, sleep '). Also, the first theme of the 2nd movement of the Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor (Op. 23) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on a ( Russian ) lullaby.

From the pen of one of the most famous German Johannes Brahms lullabies comes - Good evening, good night to a text from the People's anthology Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Here's an art song has become a real folk song.