"Winterreise" ( Franz Schubert )

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The song-cycle Winterreise [Winter Journey] by Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is considered one of the composer's supreme masterpieces. The songs, settings of a 24-poem cycle by Wilhelm M?ller, were among the last works of Schubert's short life and they represent one of the peaks in his development of the lied f

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"The song-cycle Winterreise [Winter Journey] by Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is considered one of the composer's supreme masterpieces. The songs, settings of a 24-poem cycle by Wilhelm M?ller, were among the last works of Schubert's short life and they represent one of the peaks in his development of the lied form. The Winterreise was also the second of Schubert's song-cycles--a form he was developing and which could have reached even greater heights if he had lived. Though the impact of the work is greater when it is considered as a whole--a whole which is truly greater than the sum of its parts--the individual songs demonstrate the great height to which Schubert had brought the art of setting texts to music. At the core of this art is the depth of feeling generated by the combination of words and music. A brief examination of two of the pieces will demonstrate how..."

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