Uploaded February 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
No. 1 "Javanese Dance": 0:00
No. 2 "Song of the Malay Fisherman": 2:18
The Garden of Orchids is representative of Niemann's impressionstic style, which was unusual for German composers at the time. His over 150 solo piano works and characterized by exotic titles and subjects. Being an outspoken critic of lauded composers such as Strauss, Mahler and Schoenborg, he was primarily influenced by nationalistic composers such as MacDowell and Sibelius.
Sheet music: imslp.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Orchids,_Op.76_(Niemann,_Walter)
Performance by Markus Staab.
No. 1 "Javanese Dance": 0:00
No. 2 "Song of the Malay Fisherman": 2:18
The Garden of Orchids is representative of Niemann's impressionstic style, which was unusual for German composers at the time. His over 150 solo piano works and characterized by exotic titles and subjects. Being an outspoken critic of lauded composers such as Strauss, Mahler and Schoenborg, he was primarily influenced by nationalistic composers such as MacDowell and Sibelius.
Sheet music: imslp.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Orchids,_Op.76_(Niemann,_Walter)
Performance by Markus Staab.
