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Pages in category "Song cycles by Robert Schumann". The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Liederkreis, Op. 39, is a song cycle composed by Robert Schumann. Its poetry is taken from Joseph von Eichendorff's collection entitled Intermezzo. Schumann wrote two cycles of this name – the other being his Opus 24, to texts by Heinrich Heine – so this work is also known as the Eichendorff Liederkreis. Schumann wrote, "The voice alone ...
Dichterliebe, A Poet's Love (composed 1840), is the best-known song cycle by Robert Schumann (Op. 48). The texts for its 16 songs come from the Lyrisches Intermezzo by Heinrich Heine, written in 1822–23 and published as part of Heine's Das Buch der Lieder.
8 cze 2024 · Discover our selection of the best Schumann works including piano, symphony and song cycle masterpieces by the great composer.
6 maj 2016 · In the intervening time, Beethoven’s admirer Franz Schubert composed his two famous cycles, Die schöne Müllerin (The Beautiful Miller’s Daughter) and Winterreise (Winter’s Journey). But what distinguishes Schumann’s Dichterliebe is the incredible unity of effect he achieves with only 16 songs, some of them less than a minute long ...
The “Eichendorff” Liederkreis, op. 39, comes from the long tradition of “Wanderer” cycles documenting a young man’s adventures in the wide world, whereas Dichterliebe, op. 48, takes as its artistic conceit the stages of a failed love affair.
The opening songs of Schumann's Eichendorff Liederkreis, op. 39, Frauenliebe und -Leben, op. 42, and Dichterliebe, op. 48, function in a simi-lar fashion. This essay will examine how the first song establishes for the cycle particular tonal, moti-vic, and poetic "themes," and how these "themes" acquire special meaning and signifi-
