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- Goethe’s exquisite lyrical poems, often inspired by existing songs, challenged contemporary composers to give their best in music, and such songs as ‘Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt’ [only the lonely heart], ‘Kennst du das Land’ [know’st thou the land], and Erlkönig were among the song texts most often set to music. 12 Goethe’s aim was to make his life a concrete example of the full range of human potential, and he succeeded as few others did.
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This course focuses on a selection of short poems in German that were set to music by Franz Schubert (1797–1828) for a single voice with piano, a genre known as ‘Lieder’ (the German for ‘songs’).
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Art songs and other musical settings based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's poetry.
There, O there. lies our way. O father, let us go! Goethe’s Wilhelm Meister. In general, Goethe really hated to have his poetry set to music, and he wanted the simplest possible accompaniment. In the novel, Goethe describes how Mignon herself performs her song.
It was already one of Goethe's best-known poems, and several composers had set it to music, including Goethe's associates Reichardt and Zelter. Goethe took an old German legend about an evil goblin that abducts children, and wrote it in the style of a Scottish ballad.
It was originally written by Goethe as part of a 1782 Singspiel, Die Fischerin. "Erlkönig" has been called Goethe's "most famous ballad". The poem has been set to music by several composers, most notably by Franz Schubert.
Schubert’s first masterpiece, ‘Gretchen am Spinnrade’, was a setting of a dramatic scene from Goethe’s Faust. The earliest songs of Reichardt, Spohr, Loewe, Brahms and Wagner were to texts by Goethe, which raises the question as to the reasons for the poet’s influence. Yes, Goethe was a supreme lyric poet.
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