Dichterliebe, op. 48 (High)

These Schumann songs set to poems by Heinrich Heine are a deeply psychological and disturbing journey as they reflect more often than not the bitterness of unrequited love. The most cheerful songs begin asdeceptively happy experiences which ultimately turn sour as they eventually reveal themselves as somewhat despairing looks at love. Written for High Voice and Piano.

Instrumentation : High Voice - Pf(Ger.) inc. Dichterliebe, Myrthen, Frauenlibe und Leben, Liederkreis Content : Widmung; Freisinn; Der Nußbaum; Jemand; Lieder (aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan) No. 2; In der Fremde; Die Lotusblume; Talismane; Lied der Suleika; Die Hochländer-Witwe; Lieder (aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan) No. 1; Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome; Ich hab' im Traum geweinet; Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen; Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen; Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen; Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen;Schöne Fremde; Ich grolle nicht; Die alten, bösen Lieder; Ich will meine Seele tauchen; Wenn ich in deine Augen seh'; Die Rose, die Lillie, die Taube;Aus meinen Tränen sprießen; Im wunderschönen Monat Mai; Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan; Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen; Frühlingsfahrt; Die Soldatenbraut; Marienwürmchen; Dein Angesicht; Flutenreicher Ebro; Blondels Lied; Ich wand're nicht;Allnächtlich im Traume;Die beiden Grenadiere; Aus alten Märchen;An den Sonnenschein;Sonntags am Rhein;Erstes Grün;Wanderlied;Mit Myrten und Rosen;Helft mir, ihr Schwestern;Volksliedchen; Zwei Venetianische Lieder No. 2;An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust;Aus den östlichen Rosen;Du bist wie eine Blume;Im Westen;Niemand;Was will die einsame Träne;In der Fremde;Hauptmanns Weib;Intermezzo;Zwei Venetianische Lieder No. 1;Rätsel; Aus den hebräischen Gesängen;Hochländisches Wiegenlied;Hochländers Abschied;Lied der Braut No. 2;Weit, weit;Zwielicht;Lied der Braut No. 1;Du Ring an meinem Finger;Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben;Er, der Herrlichste von allen;Seit ich ihn gesehen; Frühlingsnacht;Zum Schluß;Im Walde;Süßer Freund, du blickest;Wehmut;Auf einer Burg;Mondnacht;Die Stille;Waldesgespräch;Der arme Peter Editor :Friedländer

The ups and downs of disappointed love: who could fail to sympathize with the feelings that Schumann immortalized in his song cycle Dichterliebe after Heine? The pieces range from hopeful anticipation(?Im wunderschönen Monat Mai?) to solitary grief (?Und wüssten?s die Blumen die kleinen?) and bitter sarcasm (?Die alten bösen Lieder?). Schumann knew what he was writing about: the cycleoriginated in the year of his marriage to Clara Wieck an event that took place only after years of struggle. Originally the sixteen-piece cycle was meant to include twenty lieder. Our volume reproduces the four discarded numbersin an appendix.

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