Vom Tode
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Susan McDaniel| Song Title | Vom Tode (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Author(s): | Christian Fürchtegott Gellert |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Carpe Diem; Death; Existentialism; Graves; Hours; Importance; Life; Living; Passing; Thinking; Time Passing |
| First Line | Meine Lebenszeit verstreicht (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1801 - 1802 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=6037 |
| Larger Work | Six Songs, Op. 48 (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Gottsched's School (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/fa/IMSLP317032-PMLP58721-LvBeethoven_6_Lieder,_Op.48_BH_Werke.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/4k48VOwACuq0J5AvGZEm8P |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/vom-tode-2/ |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 48 (Search) |
| Range: | C#4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | F# minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Count Johann Georg von Browne (Search) |
| Notes | From Gellert's fifty-four Geistliche Oden und Lieder, 18 sets of musical settings were published between 1758 and 1792. Could be considered a cycle. (Search) |