Frauen-Liebe und Leben
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Frauen-Liebe und Leben is a cycle of poems by Adelbert von Chamisso, written in late 1829 and early 1830. They describe the course of a woman's love for a man, from their first meeting to her widowhoo
(from left) Franz Lachner, Schubert, and Eduard von Bauernfeld at a heuriger in Grinzing
Robert Schumann in 1839; lithograph by Josef Kriehuber
Song cycle
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A song cycle is a group or cycle of individually complete songs designed to be performed in sequence as a unit.
Frauen-Liebe und Leben
…meeting to her widowhood. The poems were widely popular and set to music by many composers, including Carl Loewe and Franz Lachner. Robert Schumann's song cycle on the text is the most widely known. Adelbert von Chamisso wrote the cycle of nine poems in late 1829 and early 1830. It was first published in Franz…
Benjamin Britten in 1968
First volume of Schubert's Schwanengesang as originally published in 1829