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The German term ‘Lieder’ sometimes encompasses the Minnesang tradition of German songs which originate as far back as the 12th century. However, ‘Lieder’ most often refers to the specific musical settings of Romantic poetry; both music and lyrics composed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
German-speaking composers Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven wrote Lieder for voice and keyboard. The great age of German song came in the nineteenth century. With the flowering of German literature , German-speaking composers found more inspiration in poetry.
The Lieder Sound Archive is a free web archive of live recordings of Lieder and Art Songs (Mélodies, canzoni, романсы, canciones, canções, etc.). The website has frequent updates: at last count, it houses 65 Composers, 143 Poets, 57 Performers, 622 recordings.
Texts and Translations to Lieder and other classical vocal works in more than a hundred languages.
Texts and Translations to Lieder and other classical vocal works in more than a hundred languages
Therefore, German lieder is German songs. However, when using the term, most people refer to German songs of the Romantic Period (19th Century) written for voice and piano. Lieder is unlike other classical vocal music in that the piano does more than merely accompany.
This course focuses on a selection of short poems in German that were set to music by Franz Schubert (1797–1828) for a single voice with piano, a genre known as ‘Lieder’ (the German for ‘songs’).
