Sommernachts Ständchen

Sommernachts StändchenSommernachts Stndchen (Evening Summer Serenade) was composed by Kurt Khler. The sub title Wenn alle schlafen (While everybody is asleep) might suggest that the composer suffers from insomnia. This idea however is quickly refuted by the lyrics of the piece. When we are to believe the librettist, the composer thinks of something completely different than sleeping. With an orchestra of this size beneath your window for a nightly serenade, you too would

Horn in F 1

Trumpet in Bb 1

Nothing-new here

Newspaper articles from 1885 show that even Johannes Brahms was a great lover of the Schrammel music:

Leo Artok is the pseudonym of Lothar Windsperger

The delicate melody gurgles forth like a quiet stream

“He only caused the indignation of all well-meaning

Parts and score are provided in PDF

beating the time with his umbrella whenever the 'boom' was heard

So whenever you have to pimp an awards ceremony: look no further

you know his two most famous pieces Liebeslied and Liebesfreud

Now arranged for Piano Trio by Marlous Smit Van den Hoven