Hochländisches Wiegenlied
| Song Title | Hochländisches Wiegenlied (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Robert Schumann |
| Author(s): | Wilhelm Gerhard (after Robert Burns) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Babies; Black; Childhood; Clans; Coal; Comfort; Cows; Donald; Eyes; Families; Foals; Future; Growing; Happiness; Highlands; Home; Homeland; Images; Lowlands; Lullaby; Money; Noble; Plains; Returning; Ronald; Scotland; Sleeping; Songs; Stealing; Sweet |
| First Line | Schlafe, süßer, kleiner Donald (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1840 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=113258 |
| Larger Work | Myrthen (Search) |
| Musical Form | Strophic (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. 14 (Search) |
| Range: | E4 - F#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | D Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Clara Schumann (Search) |
| Notes | Myrthen was composed as a wedding gift to Schumann's bride, Clara Wieck (Search) |