Definition of lied Lied
/lajˈd/ - [layd] - lied
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NounPlural: lieds |
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| lied - a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lied (imp. & p. p.)
of Lie - lied (n.)
A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lēt, n. a German ballad, secular or sacred, fitted for singing and often set to music. [Ger.; cf. A.S. leóth, a song.]
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Lied (pronounced “leet”) is the German word for “song” (the plural is Lieder – pronounced “leader”).
The word Lied is used in music to describe the songs that were written by German-speaking composers of classical music. Songs composed by classical composers are sometimes called “art songs”.
Lieder are normally songs for a singer with piano accompaniment. They were mostly composed in the 19th century which was the period known as the Romantic period. The most famous composers of Lieder were Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss.
In German culture the Lied as an art song goes back to the Middle Ages. Walther von der Vogelweide was a 12th-13th century minnesinger who composed and sang songs for important people at the royal court. Like most minnesinger, he was a poet as well as a composer, writing words for his own songs.
The Lied in the Romantic period was usually written by two different people: the poet wrote the words and then the composer “set the words” to music. 19th century composers mostly took great care to choose good poetry for their songs. The poetry was often by famous poets such as Goethe and Schiller.
Although most Lieder were composed in the Romantic period, the beginnings were there in the Classical music period. Mozart wrote a song called "Das Veilchen" ("The Violet") and Beethoven wrote several songs.
It was Schubert who was to be the greatest of all Lieder composers. Schubert wrote over 600 songs. Very often he wrot
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