lieder

1. The plural of lied , the German word for “song.” It refers to art songs in German mainly from the nineteenth century. The most notable composer of lieder was Franz Schubert .

Example Sentences

“Folly” both fits into and challenges the tradition of Romantic lieder that Mehldau and I love so much.

From New York Times

Through it all his tastes have been eclectic; he’s as likely to take on lieder as he is the Great American Songbook and the jazz of Bill Evans.

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Schubert’s lieder will always reign supreme, but it’s hard to disagree.

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He was accepted as a choral scholar, and began to learn about opera and lieder while studying archaeology and anthropology.

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I’m more accustomed to hearing Goerne’s delivery suffused with tenderness, as on his many memorable recordings of lieder by Strauss, Schubert and Beethoven, but at Friday’s performance he was a vessel of torment.

From Washington Post