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Schubert: Der Sänger (D. 149)

"Der Sänger" (literally "the singer" but more appropriately "the bard") is a ballad by Goethe. This setting by Schubert is wonderfully varied and feels almost like a dramatic scene for one person. The poem is in six stanzas of seven lines each and would have required a much longer setting had Schubert not employed the operatic technique of recitative a great deal which gets out more text in less time, saving the more melodic singing for the important moments. As I sing more and more Schubert I see why some of the great Lieder singers sang literally hundreds of his songs; they are magnificent for the voice and piano and hopefully the audience as well.