Hochländers Abschied
| Song Title | Hochländers Abschied (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Robert Schumann |
| Author(s): | Wilhelm Gerhard (after Robert Burns) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Brooks; Chasing; Clover; Colors; Connection to Nature; Courage; Deer; Desire; Elk; Farewell; Flowers; Forests; Freedom; Hearts; Highlands; Homeland; Hunting; Leaving; Leaving Home; Longing; Moss; Mountains; Native; Nature; North; Pursuing; Roaming; Rocks; Scotland; Sickness; Snow; Valleys; Wandering |
| First Line | Mein Herz ist im Hochland, mein Herz ist nicht hier (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1840 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=113257 |
| Larger Work | Myrthen (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism; Liberalism; Socialism; National poet of Scotland; Scottish Makar tradition; Republicanism; Anticlericalism (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/db/IMSLP51688-PMLP12732-RS120.pdf |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/hochlanders-abschied/ |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 25 no. 13 (Search) |
| Range: | B3 - F#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | B minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Clara Schumann (Search) |
| Notes | Myrthen was composed as a wedding gift to Schumann's bride, Clara Wieck (Search) |