Romantic Lied

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Romantic Lied is a 19th-century German art song genre that sets lyrical poetry to expressive piano-accompanied vocal music, exemplifying the emotional and intimate qualities of Romanticism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic-era musical genre
art song genre
vocal music genre
associatedWithMovement German Romanticism
developedInPeriod 19th century
emphasizes piano as equal partner
poetic text
subtle harmonic color
formType modified strophic song
strophic song
through-composed song
hasCharacteristic domestic performance context
emotional intensity
intimate expression
lyrical poetry settings
piano accompaniment
salon performance context
strophic form
through-composed form
word-music relationship emphasis
hasGenreOrigin Germany
hasLanguage German
influenced 20th-century art song
late-Romantic song
majorComposer Fanny Hensel
Felix Mendelssohn
Franz Liszt
Franz Schubert
Hugo Wolf
Johannes Brahms
Richard Strauss
Robert Schumann
majorPoetSource Friedrich Rückert
Heinrich Heine
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Joseph von Eichendorff
Wilhelm Müller
oftenBasedOn Romantic poetry
ballads
love poetry
nature poetry
relatedConcept song cycle
stylisticOrigin Classical Lied
German folk song
Romanticism
typicalSetting middle-class home
salon
typicalTexture voice and piano
usesInstrumentation piano
solo voice

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Frauenliebe und -leben
musicalStyle
Sigurd Lie ("Songs (Lieder)")
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