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Topic: Schumann: From the Album for the Young, Volksliedchen Op. 68 No. 9 (Read 14985 times)

iumonito

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Schumann: From the Album for the Young, Volksliedchen Op. 68 No. 9

on: July 01, 2007, 08:33:39 AM

Comments welcome. Is there a known literary reference for this?

68 No 9 Volksliedchen.mp3 (1687.5 kB - downloaded 173 times.)

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pianistimo

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Re: Schumann: From the Album for the Young, Volksliedchen Op. 68 No. 9

Reply #1 on: July 01, 2007, 08:44:38 AM

on 'songs and singing' by friedrich ruckert

possibly this one?

https://www.geneva.edu/~dksmith/clara/lyric.html#Tag

here's a bbc thread:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/voices/pip/593ut/ the text is sung here. we'll get to the bottom of this.

i think it was called 'the little folksong' and not the one used by clara schumann