Blog series on Schubert's song cycle, "Winterreise"
Posts about individual songs
- The beginning of my own "Winterreise"
- Beginning with a farewell: "Gute Nacht (Good Night)"
- When music is more than music: Winterreise's "Die Wetterfahne (The Weathervane)"
- Back on the road again: "Gefrorne Tränen (Frozen Tears)"
- Psychology through music: Winterreise's "Erstarrung (Numbness)"
- Finding a place of comfort: Winterreise's "Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree)"
- Images of snow and ice, images of a frozen heart - "Wasserflut (Floodwater)" & "Auf dem Flusse (On the River)"
- "Sturm und Drang" encapsulated in song: Winterreise's "Rückblick (Backward Glance)"
- No rest for the weary: "Irrlicht (Will-o'-the-wisp)" and "Rast (Rest)"
- Experiencing a lucid dream through music: Winterreise's "Frühlingstraum (Dream of Spring)"
- On the edge of a dream: "Einsamkeit (Loneliness)"
- Lifted above despair: Winterreise's "Die Post (The Post)"
- Choosing a different path: "Der greise Kopf (The Grey Head)" and "Die Krähe (The Crow)"
- A lesson in painting with music: "Letzte Hoffnung (Last Hope)"
- An unsuccessful attempt at resisting sleep: "Im Dorfe (In the Village)"
- Nearing the end of one man's journey: "Der stürmische Morgen (The Stormy Morning)" and "Täuschung (Illusion)"
- An intimate view of facing one's fate: "Der Wegweiser (The Signpost)"
- Waiting for death: "Das Wirtshaus (The Inn)"
- Seizing control of life & death: "Mut (Courage)"
- One final breath: "Die Nebensonnen (The Mock Suns)"
- What remains: "Der Leiermann (The Organ-grinder)"
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