Liederkreis Op. 39

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Liederkreis is a song cycle with music by Robert Schumann and words by Joseph von Eichendorff. It is Schumann's opus 39.

Schumann wrote the piece in 1840, a year in which he wrote so many lieder that it was known as his "year of song".

There are twelve songs in the cycle.

1. In der Fremde
2. Intermezzo
3. Waldesgespräch
4. Die Stille
5. Mondnacht
6. Schöne Fremde
7. Auf einer Burg
8. In der Fremde
9. Wehmut
10. Zwielicht (MIDI file)
11. Im Walde
12. Frühlingsnacht

[edit] External links

• Texts of the songs