Description

Schumann's song cycle Dichterliebe, based on poems by Heine, immortalizes the emotional ups and downs of disappointed love. The cycle ranges from hopeful anticipation ("Im wunderschönen Monat Mai") to solitary grief ("Und wüssten's die Blumen, die kleinen") and bitter sarcasm ("Die alten bösen Lieder"). This work originated in the year of Schumann's marriage to Clara Wieck, an event that came only after years of struggle.

The Henle Urtext edition of Dichterliebe, edited by Schumann specialist Kazuko Ozawa, is now available for medium and low voices. Experienced pianist and Lied accompanist Gerold Huber collaborated closely to adapt the full cycle, including the four appendix songs, for these vocal ranges.