Tempobezeichnungen von Julius Stockhausen für Die schöne Müllerin: Ein Quellenfund

Julius Stockhausen (1826–1906) is known as the first singer who performed Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin as a whole cycle in a public concert. A celebrated lieder singer, friend of Brahms, author of pedagogical works, and most prominent German singing teacher of his time, Stockhausen’s influence on lieder singing cannot be overestimated. Recently a manuscript with “Tempo indications for Die schöne Müllerin by Julius Stockhausen” has been found. The document, containing tempo suggestions for every single lied of the song cycle, was written down by the German singing professor Clara Klatte (1867–1945). Some of the suggested tempi are surprisingly fast. In this article the authenticity of the document is discussed under several aspects. The Klatte-Stockhausen document is published here for the first time.