Der Leiermann

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"Der Leiermann" is the haunting final song of Franz Schubert’s song cycle "Winterreise," depicting a lonely hurdy-gurdy player as a symbol of desolation and existential despair.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art song
accompaniment piano
associatedWith Romantic song literature
basedOnTextFrom Wilhelm Müllers Winterreise NERFINISHED
belongsToRepertoire German Lied repertoire
catalogueNumber D 911 No. 24 NERFINISHED
composer Franz Schubert NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Austria
cycleOrder final song of Winterreise NERFINISHED
cyclePrecededBy Die Nebensonnen NERFINISHED
cycleType song cycle
depicts desolation
existential despair
hurdy-gurdy player
loneliness
firstPublicationYear 1828
frequentlyPerformedWith complete Winterreise cycle
hasCharacter the hurdy-gurdy man NERFINISHED
the wanderer NERFINISHED
key A minor
language German
mood bleak
haunting
musicalStyle Romantic
musicalTexture sparse accompaniment
narrativePerspective first-person observer
notableMotif drone-like accompaniment
originalTitle Der Leiermann NERFINISHED
partOf Winterreise NERFINISHED
period early Romantic period
poet Wilhelm Müller NERFINISHED
positionInSeries 24
publisherOfFirstEdition Tobias Haslinger NERFINISHED
symbolizes emotional desolation
existential emptiness
social marginalization
textForm strophic poem
textSourceLanguage German
theme alienation
death
outsider figure
poverty
vocalType voice and piano
workNumber D 911/24

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Winterreise closingSong Der Leiermann
Winterreise notableSong Der Leiermann