Im Westen
| Song Title | Im Westen (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Robert Schumann |
| Author(s): | Wilhelm Gerhard (after Robert Burns) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Asking; Children; Comfort; Contentment; Couples; Delight; Direction; Distance; Dreams; Earth; East; Fulfillment; Gazing; Glowing; Happiness; Hearts; Help; Highlands; Home; Journeys; Love; Marriage; Mothers and Children; North; Searching; Seas; Sinking; Sleeping; Snow; South; Sun; Together; Traveling; Wandering; West; Wild |
| First Line | Ich schau' über Forth hinüber nach Nord (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1840 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=113262 |
| 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/im-westen-2/ |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 25 no. 23 (Search) |
| Range: | E4 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | F Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Clara Schumann (Search) |
| Notes | Myrthen was composed as a wedding gift to Schumann's bride, Clara Wieck (Search) |
| Contributor | AL (Search) |