Der greise Kopf
| Song Title | Der greise Kopf (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Franz Schubert |
| Author(s): | Wilhelm Müller |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Aging; Anticipation; Black; Dawn; Dusk; Frost; Funerals; Gray; Grieving; Hair; Happiness; Impatience; Journeys; Longing; Metaphor: Death as Comfort; Old Age; Snow; Sprinkling; Thawing; White; Winter; Youth |
| First Line | Der Reif hat einen weissen Schein (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1827 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Winterreise (Search) |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/8d/IMSLP60822-PMLP02203-Schubert_Werke_Breitkopf_Serie_XX_Band_9_F.S.878-904.pdf |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/der-greise-kopf-2/ |
| Catalog Designation | D. 911, no. 14 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Tenor |
| Range: | C4 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | C minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | Vogl, Johann Michael (Search) |
| Notes | Poet was a soldier an the Imperial Librarian at Dessau in Prussia (Search) |