A Lied, by literal definition, is a song in German. This could include 12th century troubadour songs (Minnelieder), folk songs, hymns, and choral works. But the word is most often applied to …
Schuberts Textvorlage fußt vermutlich auf Mayrhofers Handschrift des Zyklus "Heliopolis".
Fanny Hensel’s lieder under his name in his Op. 8 and Op. 9 volumes. However it was only in 2010 that another cantata thought to be his was revealed to have been composed by Fanny.1
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder my songs! Even I dare not watch them grow. Do not look at my songs, your curiosity is a etrayal! Bees building their cells don't allow observers either, they …
Brahms loved the Lied-form, thoroughly studied the Folksong and dedicated his best creative powers to the composition of about 200 Lieder which have a key role within his work.
Da haben wir so manche Stund gesessen wohl in froher Rund und taten singen, die Lieder klingen im Eichengrund. Dass wir uns hier in diesem Tal noch treffen so viel hundertmal, Gott …
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words) Mendelssohn or his imitators, is part of a broader movement in early 19th-century music: the turn away from …