Franz Schubert's best known song cycles, like Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise are based on separate poems with a common theme and narrative. Other song cycles are based on consecutive excerpts of the same literary work: Schubert's "Ave Maria" is part of such a song cycle based on excerpts of the same poem, in this case by Walter Scott.
Librettist | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Date of composition | 1816 (revised in 1816 and 1822) |
First published | 1822 |
Type | Lied |
Tonality | A Minor |
Catalogue | D 480 |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments |
Voice
Piano |
Autotranslations beta |
Franz Schubert: Gesänge des Harfners aus "Wilhelm Meister" en la mineur, D 480 "Harfenspieler III - "Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß"" Franz Schubert: Gesänge des Harfners aus "Wilhelm Meister" in la minore, D 480 "Harfenspieler III - "Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß"" Franz Schubert: Gesänge des Harfners aus "Wilhelm Meister" a-moll, D 480 "Harfenspieler III - "Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß"" |