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Die schöne Müllerin
Song cycle by Franz Schubert / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Die schöne Müllerin (German pronunciation: [diː ˈʃøːnə ˈmʏlɐʁɪn],"The Fair Maid of the Mill", Op. 25, D. 795), is a song cycle by Franz Schubert from 1823 based on 20 poems by Wilhelm Müller. It is the first of Schubert's two seminal cycles (preceding Winterreise), and a pinnacle of Lied repertoire.
Die schöne Müllerin | |
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Song cycle by Franz Schubert | |
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Catalogue | D. 795 |
Opus | 25 |
Text | poems by Wilhelm Müller |
Composed | 1823 (1823) |
Published | 1824 (1824) |
Movements | 20 |
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Die schöne Müllerin is performed by a pianist and a solo singer. The vocal part falls in the range of a tenor or soprano voice, but is often sung by other voices, transposed to a lower range, a precedent established by Schubert himself. Since the protagonist is a young man, performances by women's voices are less common. The piano part bears much of the expressive burden of the work, and is only seldom a mere 'accompaniment' to the singer. A typical performance lasts around sixty to seventy minutes.