Carl Heins


Carl Heins was a German pianist, and a composer of light salon music in classical music style. He wrote both solo piano works and parlor songs.
Heins' pieces show a special pianoesque ability to fashion pretty melodies picturesquely in the salon style of the time. His competency on the keyboard led him to perform and compose. He composed the song 'Zwei Dunkle Augen', which was recorded by the tenor Fritz Wunderlich. Stylistically his music is similar to that of his older compatriot Carl Bohm.
Robert Leonhardt, an operatic baritone who sang with the New York Metropolitan Opera company between 1913 and 1922, made numerous recordings for many major record labels, both in Europe and in the United States. An early recording he made on Gramophone 42325 with matrix number 1113B was "Zwei dunkle Augen" by Carl Heins. Leonhardt recorded it onto a 78rpm in October 1901 when he was 24.

Works

Thoughts of Home Traute Heimat Op. 279 No. 2
  • Im Hochland. Charakterstück
  • Village Idyll
  • Bärentanz
  • Senner Traum
  • Slumber Song: The Widow to Her Child, for voice & violin
  • Die Spieluhr,. Bagatelle
  • SCHLIESS'IN DEIN HERZ MICH WIEDER EIN! Fantasie - transcription
  • Veilchen Op.6
  • Am Weihnachtsabend, Op.43
  • Rose D'or, Mazurka Brillante pour Piano, Op.106 No.3
  • Gesang der Vöglein, Idylle for the Pianoforte, Op.120
  • Gitana, Mazurka Brillante Op.156
  • Unter dem Weihnachtsstern, Salonstück für Pianoforte, Op. 160
  • Abschied von der Sennerin Op.172
  • Am Feensee, Op.173
  • Hirtenidyll, Op.174
  • Mädchentraum, Salonstück, Op. 176
  • Sommerlust- Summer's delight, Op.181, No.3
  • Rosenfee, Mazurka-Caprice, Op.185
  • Rückkehr nach der Heimath. Op. 190/3. Werk Nr. 3 aus "Wanderleben. Vier melodiöse und instructive Characterstücke für Pianoforte".
  • Mignon Lyrisches Tonstück, op. 206, No. 1
  • Zwei Dunkle Augen, Op. 212
  • Morgenthau,, Op.245
  • Rotkäppchen, Op.247
  • Aus Tyrol! From the Tyrol. Depart four Tyrol. Op. 281/5. Tyrolienne.