The "Fiakerlied" ('Fiaker Song') is an 1885 Wienerlied (Viennese song) with words and music by Gustav Pick.
The song was written to celebrate the centenary of the Viennese Fiaker, a horse-drawn carriage for hire. It was performed on 24 May 1885 by Alexander Girardi at a charity festival at the Rotunde in the Prater, accompanied by Nathaniel Rothschild's band conducted by Wilhelm Rab. The music was published in that year by August Cranz.12
It was Gustav Pick's most successful song, and has remained popular. The song was the basis of the 1936 German film of the same name (English title The Cabbie's Song).1 A notable transcription for solo piano was written and performed by the pianist Friedrich Gulda.
References
References
- "Pick, Gustav" Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon Online. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- H[ans] Pemmer [in German] (1979). "Pick, Gustav (1832–1921), Komponist". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon ab 1815 (online) (in German). Vol. 8. Austrian Academy of Sciences. p. 61.
External links
External links
- Fiakerlied: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- "Fiakerlied" on YouTube, sung in 1918 by Alexander Girardi