Fancies. Three songs to poems from 'The Gardener' by Rabindranath Tagore
for alto solo, women's chorus, clarinet, horn, harp (or piano) and string quartet (or string orchestra), Op.5 (1919)

1. Ich laufe wie ein Bisam läuft, 2. Ich plücke deine Blume, 3. Was flüsterst Du
Duration: 20'
Publisher: Universal Edition, Vienna, 1923
available on hire. Vocal score: archive copy available on request from the publisher (UE 6361)

First performance: Frankfurt (Dessoff) 1919, or Gera (Geraer Damenchor/Gertrud Müller), Dec.1919)

Other performances (selection):

Wiener Frauenchor, Vienna, Feb.1920;
Dessoff Choir/Margarete Dessoff, Frankfurt, Apr. 1920, May 1923
Schmeidelscher Kammerchor/Schmeidel, Elberfeld, Dec. 1921, Apr. 1923
Adesdi Choir/Mararethe Dessoff, New York, Apr.1927
Plüddermannscher Frauenchor/Hans Gál, Breslau, Mar.1928.
Wiener Kaufmännischer Gesangverein/Katay, Vienna, Feb. 1929
Essener Frauenchor/Obsner, Essen, Mar. 1929, Mar. 1930
Liederkranz Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Feb. 1931
Dresdener Sängerinnen/Wolf, Dresden (Palmengarten), Feb. 1933