Sechs Gedichte und Requiem
Song cycle by Robert Schumann / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sechs Gedichte und Requiem, Op. 90, (English: Six Poems and Requiem) also called the Lenau-Lieder, is a song cycle by Robert Schumann. It was composed in 1850, shortly before the Schumanns moved to Düsseldorf.
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Sechs Gedichte und Requiem | |
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by Robert Schumann | |
Opus | 90 |
Period | Romantic period |
Genre | Song cycle |
Composed | 1850 |
Scoring | Voice and piano |
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The cycle consists of seven songs. The first six are settings of poems by Nikolaus Lenau. The final song, "Requiem", is a setting of a translation by Lebrecht Blücher Dreves of an anonymous mediaeval poem in Latin.