The song cycles.
A song cycle is a collection of solo songs with instrumental accompaniment intended to be presented in its entirety. Often there is a story or a theme that holds the work together.
Die Schöne Müllerin, D. 795
Poet: Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827)
Die Winterreise, D. 911
Poet: Wilhelm Müller (1794-1827)
Schwanengesang, D. 957
Poets: Ludwig Rellstab (1799-1860)
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Johann Gabriel Seidl (1804-1875)
The concept of swan song refers to a legend about the mute swan that lives his life in silence but burst out in an incredibly beautiful song at the moment of death.
