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Altdeutsches Lied
Song Title
Altdeutsches Lied (
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Composer(s):
Felix Mendelssohn
Author(s):
Heinrich Schreiber
Keyword(s) & Features:
Anguish
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Appreciation
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Being Unappreciated
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Birds
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Confiding
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Conquering
;
Deer
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Expressions
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Fading
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Fleeing
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Forests
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Frustration
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German
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Hearing
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Hearts
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Ignoring
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In Vain
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Lamenting
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Listening
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Loneliness
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Longing
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Metaphor: Speaker as Nightingale
;
Music
;
Nature
;
Nightingales
;
Old
;
One Octave or Less
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Pain
;
Rejection
;
Remaining
;
Singing
;
Solitude
;
Songs
;
Sorrow
;
Sounds
;
Sweet
;
Thanking
;
Tones
;
Unrequited Love
;
Wild
First Line
Es ist in den Wald gesungen (
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Average Duration
2:00 (
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Year of composition
1839 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=57327
Larger Work
6 Lieder, Op. 57 (
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Musical Form
Strophic (
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Original Language
German (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/34/IMSLP52519-PMLP22675-Mendelssohn_Op_57.pdf
Audio Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwuhrXAyLP0
Catalog Designation
Op. 57 no. 1 (
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Range:
E4 - E5 (
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Original Key
E Major (
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