Liederkreis, Op. 39
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Liederkreis, Opus 39, is a song cycle composed by Robert Schumann. Its poetry was taken from Joseph Eichendorff's collection called Intermezzo. Schumann wrote two cycles of this name — the other being his Opus 24, to texts by Heine — so this work is also known as the Eichendorff Liederkreis. It is one of the great song cycles of the 19th century. Schumann wrote it starting in May 1840,[1] the year in which he wrote so many lieder that it is known as his "year of song" or Liederjahr. The cycle comprises twelve songs:
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- In der Fremde
- Intermezzo
- Waldesgespräch
- Die Stille
- Mondnacht
- Schöne Fremde
- Auf einer Burg
- In der Fremde
- Wehmut
- Zwielicht
- Im Walde
- Frühlingsnacht
References[edit]
- ^ Turchin, Barbara (Spring 1985). "Schumann's Song Cycles: The Cycle within the Song". 19th-Century Music 8 (3): 238. doi:10.1525/ncm.1985.8.3.02a00050. JSTOR 746514.
External links[edit]
- Liederkreis Op. 39: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Texts of the songs
Further reading[edit]
- Ferris, David (2000). Schumann's Eichendorff Liederkreis and the genre of the romantic cycle. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-512447-2. OCLC 43811268.
