Liederkreis, Op. 39 is a song cycle by composed by Robert Schumann. The poetry for this cycle was taken from Joseph Eichendorff's collection of poetry called Intermezzo. Schumann wrote two cycles of this name—the other being his opus 24—so this work is also known as the Eichendorff Liederkreis. It is one of the great song cycles of the 19th century.

Schumann wrote the cycle in 1840 (starting in May ^[1]), the year in which he wrote so many lieder that it is known as his "year of song" or Liederjahr.

There are twelve songs in the cycle.

1. In der Fremde
2. Intermezzo
3. Waldesgespräch
4. Die Stille
5. Mondnacht
6. Schöne Fremde
7. Auf einer Burg
8. In der Fremde
9. Wehmut
10. Zwielicht (MIDI file)
11. Im Walde
12. Frühlingsnacht

[edit] External links

1. ^ Turchin, Barbara (Spring 1985). "Schumann's Song Cycles: The Cycle within the Song". 19th-Century Music 8 (3): 238. doi:10.1525/ncm.1985.8.3.02a00050. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0148-2076%28198521%298%3A3%3C231%3ASSCTCW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0. Retrieved 2007-07-09. 

• Liederkreis Op. 39: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
• Texts of the songs

[edit] Further reading

• Ferris, David (2000). Schumann's Eichendorff Liederkreis and the genre of the romantic cycle. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195124472. https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=3943552&DB=local.