Liederkreis Op. 39

"Liederkreis, op. 39" is a song cycle of poems by Joseph von Eichendorff composed by Robert Schumann. Schumann wrote two cycles of this name—the other being his opus 24—so this work is also known as the "Eichendorff Liederkreis".

Schumann wrote the cycle in 1840 (starting in May [cite journal
last =Turchin
first =Barbara
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =Schumann's Song Cycles: The Cycle within the Song
journal =19th-Century Music
volume =8
issue =3
pages =238
date =Spring 1985
url =http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0148-2076%28198521%298%3A3%3C231%3ASSCTCW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0
doi =
issn = 01482076
accessdate =2007-07-09 ] ), the year in which he wrote so many lieder that it is known as his "year of song".

There are twelve songs in the cycle.

# In der Fremde
# Intermezzo
# Waldesgespräch
# Die Stille
# Mondnacht
# Schöne Fremde
# Auf einer Burg
# In der Fremde
# Wehmut
# Zwielicht "()"
# Im Walde
# Frühlingsnacht

External links

*IMSLP2|id=Liederkreis%2C_Op.39_%28Schumann%2C_Robert%29|cname=Liederkreis Op. 39
* [http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/assemble_texts.html?SongCycleId=39 Texts of the songs]

Further reading

*cite book
last = Ferris
first = David
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Schumann's Eichendorff Liederkreis and the genre of the romantic cycle
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 2000
location = New York
pages =
url = https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=3943552&DB=local
doi =
isbn = 0195124472