Im wunderschönen Monat Mai
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"Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" is the opening song of Robert Schumann’s song cycle Dichterliebe, celebrated for its delicate, yearning setting of Heinrich Heine’s poetry about the awakening of love in spring.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | art song ⓘ |
| accompaniment | piano ⓘ |
| associatedForm | through-composed song ⓘ |
| composer | Robert Schumann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | German ⓘ |
| cycleNumberOfSongs | 16 (in Dichterliebe) ⓘ |
| cyclePoet | Heinrich Heine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cycleTheme | love and its disillusionment ⓘ |
| cycleTitle | Dichterliebe, Op. 48 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cycleType | song cycle component ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | circa 1840 ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1844 ⓘ |
| genre | Romantic art song ⓘ |
| hasCatalogueEntry | Schumann Op. 48 No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the most famous opening songs in the German lied repertoire ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | German Romantic song tradition ⓘ |
| key | F-sharp minor (implied, tonally ambiguous) ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| lyricist | Heinrich Heine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalTexture | homophonic ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
delicate piano accompaniment
ⓘ
lack of final harmonic resolution ⓘ yearning melodic line ⓘ |
| openingWords | Im wunderschönen Monat Mai ⓘ |
| opusNumberOfCycle | Op. 48 ⓘ |
| partOf | Dichterliebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| poeticTheme |
awakening of love
ⓘ
spring ⓘ yearning ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| publisher | Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
love
ⓘ
nature ⓘ springtime ⓘ |
| textAuthorNationality | German ⓘ |
| textCollection | Lyrisches Intermezzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textMeter | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| textSource | Buch der Lieder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonalCharacteristic | tonal ambiguity ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
art song recital
ⓘ
voice and piano concert ⓘ |
| vocalForces | solo voice ⓘ |
| vocalRange | medium voice (often performed by high voice) ⓘ |
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