Resources on Lieder in ARMA

ARMA's resources on Lieder are remarkably strong and offer a wide selection of pieces for music history and music theory courses. Matthew Pilcher's detailed article on Schubert's Winterreise: Fractured Narratives in Song offers a useful introduction to Lieder in its focused explored of an iconic work in the genre. In addition, the commentaries on several of these pieces offer explore significant features of signicant works. As with other parts of ARMA, when your students encounter terminology specific to the genre, they may find ARMA's Glossary to be a useful starting point.

The Lieder in ARMA include a number of representative works:

• Brahms: Frühlingslied, op. 85, no. 5
• Brahms: Sonntag, op. 47, no. 3
• Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, op. 121, no. 4
• Reichardt: Kennst du das Land
• Schubert: Erlkönig, D. 328
• Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
• Schubert: Kennst du das Land (Mignons Gesang), D. 321
• Schubert: Nähe des Geliebten, D. 162 (op. 5, no. 2)
• Schubert: Prometheus, D. 674
• Schubert: Wanderers Nachtlied, D. 768
• Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911, no. 5, "Der Lindenbaum"
• Clara Schumann: Liebst du um Schönheit
• Clara Schumann: Robert Schumann: Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden, Op. 24, No. 5, arranged for piano by Clara Schumann
• Robert Schumann: Der Nussbaum, op. 25, no. 3 (from Myrthen)
• Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, op. 48, no. 1, "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai"
• Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, op. 48, no. 7, "Ich grolle nicht"
• Robert Schumann: Kennst du das Land
• Robert Schumann: Mondnacht, op. 39, no. 5 (from Liederkreis)
• Robert Schumann: Widmung, op. 25, no. 1 (from Myrthen)
• Robert Schumann: Zwielicht, op. 39, no. 10 (from Liederkreis)
• Wolf: Anakreons Grab
• Wolf: Gesang Weylas
• Wolf: Mignon (Kennst du das Land)
• Wolf: Prometheus
• Zelter: Kennst du das Land

Twentieth Century Works
• Berg: Vier Lieder, Op. 2
• Webern: Drei Lieder, Op. 25



In addition to Matthew Pilcher's article on Schubert's Winterreise, ARMA contains commentaries on selected Lieder:


• Brahms: Sechs Lieder, op. 85, no. 5 "Frühlingslied" (commentary)
• Schubert: Winterreise, D. 911, "Der Lindenbaum" (commentary) by Emily Laurance
• Webern: Drei Lieder, Op. 25 (Commentary) by David. H. Miller



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