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The art song, from Schubert to Strauss
A poem, a voice and a piano, later an orchestra: from Schubert's first masterpieces to Strauss's last songs.
Schubert → Schumann → Wagner → Mahler → Debussy → Fauré → Strauss
This guide follows Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42 (1840) in eight parts: Seit ich ihn gesehen, Er, der Herrlichste von allen, Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben (theme and variations), Du Ring an meinem Finger, Helft mir, ihr Schwestern, Süßer Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an, An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust and Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan.
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Follow all 39 sections as they play
Marked , in B-flat major. She has seen him only once, and she feels blinded by love. The first is slow and quiet, and the second repeats the music in varied form. A then recalls the opening, and the same music comes back at the very end of the cycle.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
SchumannDichterliebe, Op. 48Free
SchumannLiederkreis, Op. 39
SchumannAbegg Variations, Op. 1
SchumannToccata in C major, Op. 7
SchumannCarnaval, Op. 9
SchumannPiano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11
SchumannPiano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
SchumannFantasie in C major, Op. 17
SchumannDavidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
SchumannKinderszenen, Op. 15
BachPassacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582Free
HaydnString Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4
HaydnString Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33 No. 2
HaydnString Quartet in G major, Op. 33 No. 5
HaydnSymphony No. 81 in G major, Hob. I:81
HaydnSymphony No. 82 in C major, Hob. I:82
HaydnSymphony No. 88 in G major, Hob. I:88
HaydnPiano Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:48
HaydnPiano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49
HaydnSymphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94Path 13
A poem, a voice and a piano, later an orchestra: from Schubert's first masterpieces to Strauss's last songs.
Schubert → Schumann → Wagner → Mahler → Debussy → Fauré → Strauss
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