Mondnacht

Song TitleMondnacht (Search)
Composer(s):Robert Schumann
Author(s):Joseph, Freiherr von Eichendorff
Keyword(s) & Features: Breezes; Corn; Couples; Dreaming; Dreams; Earth; Fields; Flying; Forests; Home; Imagination; Kissing; Longing; Love; Metaphor: Soul as Bird; Nature; Night; Part of a Song Cycle; Peace; Personification: Earth; Personification: Nature; Personification: Sky; Personification: Souls; Recounting; Sky; Solitude; Souls; Sparkling; Still; Vignette; Wings
First LineEs war, als hätt' der Himmel (Search)
Average Duration3:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1840 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=5239
Larger WorkLiederkreis, op. 39 (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRomanticism (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/28/IMSLP51730-PMLP12741-RS127.pdf
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HM2bO9TBjs
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/mondnacht-6/
Catalog DesignationOp. 39 no. 5 (Search)
Range: E4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyB Major (Search)
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