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German Art Song #2
German Music History | 1790-1800s
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10/17/2015

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Term
Wilhelm Mueller (d)
Definition
1794-1827 (Vienna)
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Wilhelm Mueller wrote
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Die Schoene MUELLERin
Die Winterreise
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Wilhelm Muller:
Poet or composer
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Poet
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Wilhelm Mueller's 2 volumes
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Poems from the posthumous papers of a wandering horn player
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Wilhelm Mueller job late in life
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director of the court theatre in Dessau in 1826
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Wilhelm Mueller's posthumous fame is due to
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Griechenlieder. Got involved in war politics like Byron with Greece & Turkey.
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Die Schoene Muellerin composer
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Franz Schubert
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Die Schoene Muellerin dates
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Originally composed in 1816-1817. Revised and added to in 1821.

Completed the entire cycle in 1827
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Die Shoene Muellerin published as
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Posthumous papers of a wandering horn player (I & II)
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Schubert's most profound works
Definition
Die Winterreise
Der Doppleganger

Late in life, syphilis ridden
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Franz Schubert (b & d)
Definition
1797-1828
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Shubert studied under, when, for what
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Salieri, composition, 1803-1813
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Gretchen am Spinnrade (d)
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1814-1815
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Shubert's hayday
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Early in life. by 1815 composed lots.
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Shubert's friends
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Joseph von Spaun, poet Johann Mayrhofer, Franz von Schober
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Shubert & his friends secret club
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Schubertiade
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Schubert stopped teaching
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1818
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After quitting teaching (1818) Schubert composed
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Die Forelle, Der Wanderer, piano sonatas, 5th & 6th symphonies
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Schubert's baritone friend
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J.M. Vogl
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Schubert music master where
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Esterhazy family (same as Haydn)
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Schubert contracted syphilis (d)
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1822
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Die Winterreise (Schubert) (d)
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1827-1828
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Schubert's last year (job)
Definition
Elected to Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. Gave a full scale public concert.
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Schubert's impact on lied
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established the German Lied as an important art form in the 19th century
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Robert Schumann (d)
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1810-1856
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Schumann's deviation from his norm
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Originally never considered lieder a great art. until age 29 (1839)
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Schumann's usual fare
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mainly piano music, some instrumental
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Married Clara (d)
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1840 (previous piano teacher's daughter)
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After 1840 compositions
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Numerous song cycles (138 in 1840)
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Schubert & poets
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HEINE & Eichendorff (didn't believe in setting mediocre poems)
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Dichterliebe
Definition
Heine's text. from a collection Heine called "Lyrisches Intermezzo" (65 poems, 16 songs 1822-23)
(loved his cousin)
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In wunderschonen Monat Mai (details)
Definition
Improvisation quality
final word is verlangen (longing)
ends on unresolved dominant 7th chord
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In wunderschonen Monat Mai (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Aus meinen Tranen spriessen (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Aus meinen Tranen spriessen (details)
Definition
chorus of nightingales=poet's sighs, 8th note line emphasizes mood.
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Die Rose, die Lilie die Taube (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Die Rose, die Lilie die Taube (details)
Definition
Poet was once enamored with nature, now focuses on a single quintessential beauty
(patter song)
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Wenn ich in deine Augen seh (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Wenn ich in deine Augen seh (details)
Definition
Looking into lover's eyes makes all sorrow disappear.

Walther von der Vogelweide uses kissees as a cure for love sufferings.
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Ich will meine Seele tauchen (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Ich will meine Seele tauchen (details)
Definition
The only expression of love is through this poem, whispered to him by lily.
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Im Rhein im heiligen Strome (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Im Rhein im heiligen Strome (details)
Definition
Use of churchly Phrygian mode.

The Kolner Dom largest cathedral in Germany.
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Ich Grolle nicht (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Ich Grolle nicht (details)
Definition
Incredibly beautiful poetry.
C Major (used a lot in this cycle).
Repetitive accompaniment sets mood.
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Und wussten's die Blumen, die kleinen (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Und wussten's die Blumen, die kleinen (details)
Definition
If the stars, nightingales, & flowers knew how wounded his heart is, they'd help him. His grief is too much for their help.

Incessant tremolo figure & ferocious piano postlude.
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Das ist ein Floten ung Geigen (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Das ist ein Floten ung Geigen (details)
Definition
Poet's love is marrying someone else.
It's a blaring noisy affair; angels sobbing, all the earth is grieving.

Piano could stand as solo piece.
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Hor ich das Liedchen klingen (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Hor ich das Liedchen klingen (details)
Definition
Hears a song once sung by his love which causes his grief. Forest consoles him.

Multilevel activity in musical conclusion.
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Ein Jungling liebt ein Madchen (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Ein Jungling liebt ein Madchen (details)
Definition
possibly from an indian poet

Off beat accents & sharp modulations underline significant text.
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Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (details)
Definition
Talking flowers attempt to comfort a suffering love.

Arpeggiated accompaniment influenced Brahms's Intermezzi
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Ich hab ein Traum geweinet (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Ich hab ein Traum geweinet (details)
Definition
A dream about a dead love.

Dramatic silences in postlude obsure the final cadence
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Allnachtlich im Traume (composer)
Definition
Gradually intensifying pain.

Voice is more rhythmic than piano.
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Aus alten Marchen winkt es (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Aus alten Marchen winkt es (details)
Definition
Flowers sing and talk, all but the last verse is in a make-believe land.

One of the longest in the cycle.
Postlude relates closely to the introduction.
Term
Die alten bosen Lieder (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
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Die alten bosen Lieder (details)
Definition
Poet says: Let's bury the old evil songs & bad dreams

Piano postlude longest in cycle. Contains material from an older piano concerto. Postlude relates back to the opening song.
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Joseph (Baron) von Eichendorff (d)
Definition
1788-1857
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Who is Baron von Eichendorff?
Definition
German poet & writer. (1788-1857)
Greatest lyric poet of the romantic movement.
Set most notable by Schubert & Schumann
Friend of Mendelssohn
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Liederkreis (Op. 39) (d)
Definition
1840
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Liederkreis (details)
Definition
12 poem song cycle. All mention 12 poems nature seasons & times of day, sky & flight.

Schumann attempted a kind of musical unity between all pieces.
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In der Fremde (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Liederkreis
Term
Clara Schumann (d)
Definition
1819-1896
most famous woman pianist of her day.
Term
In der Fremde (details)
Definition
Beautiful vocal line accompanied by low arpeggio movement-shows fragile sadness.

From group called "Totenopfer" (Sacrifices to the Dead)
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Waldesgesprach (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Liederkreis
Term
Waldesgesprach (details)
Definition
Lorelei legend appearing as a forest Nixe
Hunting horn sound in accompaniment since Lorelei is portrayed as a hunter
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Mondnacht (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
LIederkreis
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Mondnacht (details)
Definition
Best known of all Schumann's songs.

poet: Eichendorff in a group called "Spiritual Poems"

Romantic transcendental longing
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Auf einer Burg (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Term
Auf einer Burg (details)
Definition
Like the legend of Barbarossa
contains a wedding procession down the Rhein
Her real lover abandoned her and she doesn't love who she's marrying.

modal setting with imitative piano
No prelude or postlude, ends on dominant triad which resolves in the next song.
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Zwielicht (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Term
Zwielicht (details)
Definition
Twilight. Twilight is not to be trusted.

Mood sustained by dark & sinuous accompaniment.
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Fruhlingsnacht (composer)
Definition
Robert Schumann
Liederkreis
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Fruhlingsnacht (details)
Definition
Joyful final song, crowded with birds & spring breezes.
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Brahms on Clara Schumann
Definition
Called her "the Greatest Singer" refering to her beautiful tone & legato piano playing.
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Clara & marriage
Definition
Her father didn't want her to marry Robert Schumann. (economic reasons)
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Clara's output
Definition
3 collections of lieder
Piano pieces, piano concertos, etc.
28 Lieder, 18 of which were published.

(output decreased hugely after marriage)
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Clara & Robert's joint work
Definition
Lieder collection called "Zwoelf Gedichte aus Friedrich Ruckert's Liebesfruehling fuer Gesand und Pianoforte.

3 of the songs were Clara's
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Clara's specific lieder
Definition
Er is gekommen
Liebt du im Schoenheit
Ich stand in dunklen Trauemen
Das ist ein Tag
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Felix Mendelssohn (d)
Definition
1809-1847
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Felix Mendelssohn background
Definition
Born Jew, baptized Christian

Studied with Carl Zelter started in 1817
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Mendelssohn's break out performance.
Definition
1829-conducted Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" (important in reviving Bach's music)
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Mendelssohn's sister
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Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
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Felix Mendelssohn's output
Definition
almost 90 songs, mostly conservative

Usually AAA or AAB

set poems by 30 poets (Klingemann especially)
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Auf Fluegeln des Gesanges (composer)
Definition
Felix Mendelssohn (Heine)

One of Mendelssohn's best known songs
(Seligen Traum repeated at end of song)
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Nachtlied
Definition
Felix Mendelssohn (Von Eichendorff)

written for Fanny's death
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Neue Liebe
Definition
Felix Mendelssohn (Heine)

reminiscent of Mendelssohn's fairy scherzos with a touch of menace
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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (d)
Definition
1805-1847
Term
Fanny Mendelssohn's output
Definition
~300 songs (not well known as a composer in her lifetime)
Term
Nachtwanderer
Definition
Fanny Mendelssohn
Term
Die Mainacht
Definition
Fanny Mendelssohn (Hoelty)

also set by Brahms;

Each stanza ends with a melismatic phrase that keeps getting longer and longer.
Term
Bergelust
Definition
Fanny Mendelssohn (last song she composed)
Piano has its own melody which is finally taken up by the voice in the coda.
Term
Robert Franz (d)
Definition
1815-1892
Term
Biography about Robert Franz by
Definition
Liszt in 1872
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Widmung
Definition
Robert Franz
Term
Aus meinem grossen Schmerzen
Definition
Robert Franz
Term
Bitte & Gute Nacht
Definition
Robert Franz
Term
Franz criticisms
Definition
his works lacked passion
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Robert Franz style
Definition
Reflective mood tinged with melancholy
"must not excite, must bring peace"

Thought modulation was more effective than melody in emotional development

Stuck with strophic songs
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Die Lotusblume
Definition
Robert Franz

example of Franz's use of modulation
Term
Es klingt in der Luft
Definition
Robert Franz

contains emphasis on the modal and contrapuntal qualities
Term
Die Winterreise (poems)
Definition
First published in 1824
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Name of Die Winterreise when published in 2 volume as poems
Definition
Poems from the poshumous papers of a wandering horn player (I & II)

2nd one dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber
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Die Schoene Muellerin (composer & d)
Definition
Franz Schubert
1823
Term
Die Schoene Muellerin
Definition
Term
Die Schoene Muellerin (details)
Definition
Story of first and unrequited love the young mueller has for the Mueller's daughter.

Almost half are strophic
folklike melodies
intensely beautiful vocal part
a lot of brook imagery
Term
How many songs in Die Schoene Muellerin
Definition
20 Lieder
Term
Wandern
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin
Term
Wohin
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

he meets the brook
Term
Halt
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

first hint of the millwheel.
Term
Am Feierabend
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

imagery for life at the mill
Term
Ungeduld
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

His passionate love for the miller's daughter bursts forth.

Most frequently performed independently
Term
Mein
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

Happy climax of the story
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Der Jaeger
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

Hunstman appears
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Eifersucht und Stolz
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

brook flows stormily reflecting the despair of the young Mueller.
Term
Trockne Blumen
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

The died flower she gave him lied with him in the grave.
Term
Der Mueller und das Bach
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

The brook consoles the lover.
Term
Des Baches Wiegenlied
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Schoene Muellerin

Gentle lullaby sung by the brook over the dead lover.
Term
Gute Nacht (Schubert)
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Winterreise
1st set

Tells the background of the cycle's story.
Term
Auf dem Flusse
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Winterreise
1st set
Soft and plodding footsteps
Term
Die Winterreise style & story
Definition
Nature & our hero move in tandem throughout the cycle.
Man leaves his town where he was scorned to go into the winter night.

LOTS of nature imagery
Footsteps reflect his state of mind in each song.
Term
Mut
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Winterreise
1st set
Brisk and defiant pace
Term
Der Lindenbaum
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Winterreise
1st set
Most well-known

Dreaming of a leafy summer and his love.
Term
Die Post
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Winterreise
2nd set

Frequently sung apart from the cycle
posthorn sounds in the prelude
Sound of heartbreak when there is no love letter in the mail.
Term
Der Leiermann
Definition
Franz Schubert
Die Winterreise
2nd set

final song of the sets
Organ grinder plays the hurdy gurdy though no one is listening.

Final line: Willst du meinen Liedern deine Leier drehn?"

Left hanging on dominant
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