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Is 'Atrocity' a suitable text to be set to music? Arnold Schoenberg did it exactly 100 years ago, while creating one of the most singular song cycles of the XX Century: 'Pierrot Lunaire'.
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Song of the week: Sei mir gegrüßt (F. Schubert) - I. Bostridge, J. Drake
Do you think that Sei mir gegrüsst is a sad song? O in your opinion it is a exultant love song? It's not an easy question. We can hear it performed by Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake.- Details
Song of the week: An den kleinen Radioapparat (H. Eisler) - M. Goerne, E. Schneider
What's a blog without list posts? This week, the 10 saddest art songs ever written. For instance, An den kleinen Radioapparat: Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht and exile.
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Song of the week: The lads in their hundreds (G. Butterworth) - S. Keenlyside, M. Martineau
The Gramohone Awards 2012 take place today, September 27th. Among the nominations from the Solo Vocal category is "Songs of War" (Simon Keenlyside and Malcolm Martineau)- Details
Song of the week: Zärtliche Liebe (L. van Beethoven) - F. Wunderlich, Hubert Giesesn
46 years after his death, we still miss Fritz Wunderlich. We are recalling him with Zärtliche Liebe, from Beethoven.
Series
The same poem, one more song
The Buch der Lieder and ten composers
The 10 saddest songs
The 10 happiest songs
Ten buggy songs
Wilhelm Meister's Songs
Lied goes pop
Abecedari Liederabend
The ESMUC Master's Degree in Lied visits us
