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Solo song
Lied
This term (the German word for song) refers specifically in the Romantic era to works for solo voice and piano. The text is in German; the structure of the verses could be strophic or through composed. An important feature is that the voice and piano are equally important with the piano often setting the atmosphere for the text of the song in the accompaniment. Listen to a baritone singing an excerpt from 'Standchen' (Serenade) by Schubert, who wrote over two hundred songs of this style.
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Other composers such as Schumann and Brahms also wrote large numbers. Listen to this example by Schumann sung by alto voice.
Song Cycle
A group of songs linked by a common theme or with a text written by the same author, usually accompanied by piano but sometimes by small ensembles or full orchestra. There could be no limit to the number of songs and this excerpt, 'Der Lindenbaum' ('The Linden Tree'), is from 'Winterreise' ('A Winter's Journey'), a cycle of 20 songs by Franz Schubert. You can clearly hear the composer describing the breeze in the tree in the piano part.You don't have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player.
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