Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host Dr. Maeve Berry! I am so excited for today’s episode because this is one of my favorite topics in all of music: the German Lied! When we talk about Lied—literally “song” in German—we’re often thinking of the rich 19th-century tradition: Schubert’s Erlkönig, Schumann’s Dichterliebe, or Brahms’ poignant settings of folk texts. But before these names set the gold standard for Romantic art song, Lied had a much humbler beginning.

Music mentioned in this epsiode:

Schubert - Erlkönig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoBo8dlPcQo

Schumann - Dichterliebe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xFU0IJimX4

C.P.E. Bach - Oden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eexhWsYgbw