{"product_id":"burger-good-bye-vienna-for-voice-and-piano","title":"Good-bye Vienna (for voice and piano)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor voice and piano (1988)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen performing the orchestral arrangement \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wisemusicclassical.com\/work\/84137\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eavailable on rental\u003c\/a\u003e, please use \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalondemand.com\/products\/burger-good-bye-vienna-vocal-score-orchestral\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGSP84137VOC\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalondemand.com\/products\/burger-good-bye-vienna-vocal-score-orchestral-digital\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGSP84137DGT\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuration: 2 minutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLanguage: German\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI met Julius Bürger (then Burger) in 1994 in his tiny apartment in New York. He was recovering from a stroke and had lost his command of English and only communicated in the Viennese dialect of his youth. It was a dialect that had changed again since the near total annihilation the city’s Jewish population. \u003cem\u003eGood-bye Vienna\u003c\/em\u003e was written in 1988, six years prior to my visit, but when I visited him, I had the impression it was something he had only recently composed with the manuscript still sat on the music stand of his upright piano. He sat at the piano, played and sang, and just as he came to the last words, his hands leapt from the keyboard as if his fingers had been burnt and sobbed for a minute or two before singing the last line \u003cem\u003e…so schnell vorbei\u003c\/em\u003e. It’s a song that recalls the nature of the Viennese winehouse, a work of nostalgia and inner return. It reflects the loss that is caused by exile and the loss of a very personal past. The Exilarte center holds the musical estate of Julius Bürger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Michael Haas\u003cbr\u003eCo-Founder of the Exilarte Center\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Music and Performing Arts Vienna\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLyrics\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEinmal lebte ich in Wien, im schönen Wien.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAber nun ist es nicht mehr mein Wien.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWo sind die Zeiten, die frohen Zeiten,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eda jung ich war voll Lebensmut?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSie sind vergangen, so bald, so bald vergangen,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ees war ein Traum, ich merkt’ es kaum.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWo sind die Spiele des frühen Lebens?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEr strebt zum Ziele, kann es nicht fassen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDas Glück in seiner Hand,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eweiß nicht wie es entschwand.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWo sind die Zeiten, die schönen Zeiten,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003esie sind vorbei, so bald vorbei!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce I lived in Vienna, in beautiful Vienna\u003cbr\u003eBut it is no longer my Vienna\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere are the games of early life?\u003cbr\u003eWhen I was full of zest for life?\u003cbr\u003eThey have passed, so soon, so soon passed,\u003cbr\u003eit was a dream, I scarcely noticed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere are the playful games of early life?\u003cbr\u003eOne strives toward the goal, yet cannot grasp it.\u003cbr\u003eHappiness in his hand,\u003cbr\u003enot knowing how it slipped away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere are the days, the lovely days,\u003cbr\u003ethey are gone, gone so soon!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnglish Translation © by Exilarte, not singable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Exilarte Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eG. Schirmer\/Wise Music’s Exilarte Edition exclusively publishes works by composers who were persecuted, forced into exile, or murdered by the Nazi regime. All original manuscripts of these works are archived in the Exilarte Center at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in Austria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JWxE4UGbgHM?si=rMWl-8lk0tQC3A_q\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julius Bürger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57571754967206,"sku":"GSP84479VOC","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/2355\/8566\/files\/gsp84479voc_tile.jpg?v=1791213780","url":"https:\/\/www.classicalondemand.com\/products\/burger-good-bye-vienna-for-voice-and-piano","provider":"Classical on Demand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}