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classic music/Robert Schumann

Schumann : Liederkreis op. 39

by 고자길동 2018. 3. 14.



Genre: Song song

Composer: Schumann

Title: Liederkreis op. 39




Composition Year: May-June 1840

Publications / Editions: Tobias Haslinger of Wien, 1842

Tribute, instrument: composed in the composer's "Song of the Year" in 1840, followed by the May song "Myrten op. 25". Made the poem of the German poet Joseph von Eichendorff twelve songs. Talk about anxiety and anxiety through nature such as forests, bamboo, moon, night, and wind.






Instrumentation / vocalist / characters


Solo, piano






Composition of movements


1 song In der Fremde (In a strange land). F sharp Forged 4/4 beats.

Repeated same pattern by spread chord. A man who has left his distant home sings a situation where he enjoys solitary rest alone in a strange land, without anyone he knows.


2 songs Intermezzo (Interlude). 2/4 beat.

The atmosphere is reversed to the darkness of the first song, changed into A major. Through transposition with the melody of the pianos' s singing, the old man is portrayed using the piano.


3 songs Waldesgespräch (whispering in the forest). E major 3/4 beat.

The four words of Jeonju represent the horn of the forest. This song is based on the legend of "Lorelai" and includes that the person who met Lorelai in the forest can not come out of the forest again.


4 songs Die Stille (still). G major 6/8 beat.

This is a song with a distinctive rhythm. 3 songs directly without a week. In the middle of the dance, it progresses in the style of Lentler dancing and then returns to the theme of the beginning.


5 songs Mondnacht (moonlight). E Major 3/8 beat.

The quartet depicting a quiet moonlit begins with a nine-note accompaniment. After that, it changed to the first chord in 10 bars. It is a very sophisticated piece of music that depicts lyrical moonlight well.


6 songs Schöne Fremde (in a beautiful strange land). E major 4/4 beat.

The bass and soprano proceed in a big way with the 16th note in between. Begin the first part with a 3-degree chord and proceed in the form of an interlude.


7 songs Auf einer Burg (on castle). E Forged 4/4 beat.

It is centered on the progressive accompaniment of the string quartet as the 4th melody. It is a simple melody that repeats, but it depicts a calm atmosphere well. An old knight sleeping on a high watchtower and a landscape of the Rhine river outside the castle.


8 songs In der Fremde (in a strange land). A forged 2/4 beat.

Repetitive piano music with lyrical melody depicts the sound of the stream heard in the forest.


9 songs Wehmut (carefree). E major 3/4 beat.

The song progresses in slow tempo. Though it has folk characteristics, the melody of the coral type depicts an atmosphere of comfort and anxiety. Trying to eliminate the anxiety and worry by sending away the grief to the metaphor


10 songs Zwielicht (Twilight). E Forged 4/4 beat.

The chord of the 7th harmonics starting with Jeonju is a mixture of the twilight of the twilight and the horror of the coming darkness. After that, I tried repeatedly to present such anxiety by repeating the first step. Following the ensuing variation, it is finally linked to the Resitibo.


11 songs Im Walde (in the woods). A major 6/8 beat.

It expresses the pleasure of going out to the hunt. The sound of the hunting horn is added to the melody full of the rhythm like the horse. At the end of the song, these delights disappear and fear fades.


12 songs Frühlingsnacht (spring night). F sharp Major 2/4 beat.

In contrast to the five songs "moon night", the image is expressed metaphorically, in a secret and strange moonlight, which seems to have swelled up in hope.

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