Fritz Spindler: Norwegisches Fischerlied, Op.104 No.3

Phillip Sear plays the third piece—a 'Norwegian fisherman's song'—from the first volume (from around 1863) of songs without words by the prolific German composer Fritz Spindler (1817-1905).
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The German composer Fritz Spindler (1817-1905) initially intended to become a cleric, but turned to music and studied piano in Dessau, and subsequently settled in Dresden in 1841 where he worked as a teacher and composer. He wrote symphonies, chamber music and a piano concerto, as well as the salon music and educational sonatinas for which he is slightly remembered today. Spindler's pieces with opus numbers ran to the high 400s, and he was active to near the end of his long life. I'm sure that there are many gems awaiting rediscovery in his worklist, as some of his piano writing is quite imaginative.

This piece is actually #3 from a set of sixteen songs without words split into four volumes with their own opus numbers: Opp.104, 117, 129 and 143. This is, as far as I know, the only piece in the series with a descriptive title given by Spindler himself.

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Played by Phillip Sear
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