Der Atlas
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"Der Atlas" is a dramatic Lied by Franz Schubert, set to a text by Heinrich Heine, in which the mythic figure Atlas laments the crushing burden of his suffering.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Lied ⓘ |
| accompaniment | piano ⓘ |
| associatedComposer | Franz Schubert’s late songs ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacter | Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | D 957 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Franz Schubert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionType | through-composed ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| cyclePosition | one of the Heine songs in Schwanengesang ⓘ |
| depicts | Atlas lamenting his fate ⓘ |
| expressiveCharacter |
intense
ⓘ
tragic ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | 19th-century Viennese salon tradition ⓘ |
| genre | dramatic Lied ⓘ |
| hasTitleTranslation | The Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | B minor ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| musicalFeatures |
dramatic harmonic shifts
ⓘ
powerful piano chords ⓘ wide vocal range ⓘ |
| mythologicalSource | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of text and music for dramatic effect
ⓘ
intense depiction of psychological torment ⓘ |
| partOf | Schwanengesang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Romantic ⓘ |
| subject | the crushing weight of emotional suffering ⓘ |
| symbolism | Atlas as symbol of human burden ⓘ |
| textAuthor | Heinrich Heine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textCollection | Buch der Lieder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textCycle | Heinrich Heine’s poems ⓘ |
| textOpeningLine | Ich unglücksel’ger Atlas ⓘ |
| textSourceType | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| theme |
burden
ⓘ
despair ⓘ existential anguish ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| vocalForces | voice and piano ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage | German ⓘ |
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