Lieder - Compare and Contrast
January 25th, 2007
Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms all wrote about aspects of nature in the texts of their songs. Schubert used very flowery language in “Die Mondnacht” to describe the beautiful scenery. The song is about the moonlight making nature glisten and gleam. Schumann did the same in “Mondnacht,” but instead of focusing on the moonlight, he wrote about the breeze blowing through the forest on a clear night. Brahms was the only composer out of the three to be different in his writing. Although his song “An den Mond” does focus on the moonlight, it is more melancholy than the other two songs.
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