With Lieder the opposite is true: the poet is often more than the composer’s equal and the poem is often a great work of art in its own right, known and loved without music.

Composers often wrote cycles of lieder, all related by a single topic but giving scope for considerable musical development. A lied may be either through-composed or strophic, i.e., …

Jun 15, 2021 · What are Lieder? A Lied (plural: Lieder) is a German song that sets poetry to music, performed by a single vocalist and piano.

World-renowned Lieder accompanist Dr Graham Johnson OBE explains the origins and delves into the poetic beauty of this enduring musical form.

May 24, 1995 · Texts and Translations to Lieder and other classical vocal works in more than a hundred languages

Lied (lieder in plural) means “song” or “chant” in German. Originating from the German ecclesiastical and popular songs of the 16th century, the lied gradually evolved from a multi …

Therefore, German lieder is German songs. However, when using the term, most people refer to German songs of the Romantic Period (19th Century) written for voice and piano. Lieder is …

What is lied? A lied is a German song. The plural is lieder. Lied most often refers to a song performed in German by a solo singer with piano accompaniment.

LIEDER definition: The plural of lied, the German word for “song.” It refers to art songs in German mainly from the nineteenth century. The most notable composer of lieder was Franz Schubert. …

Strauss wrote some 150 lieder, of which not more than a dozen or so -- mostly from his early period -- are commonly known outside Germany and Austria, but the ones we are acquainted …