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    15th and 16th Century Spanish Love Poems from Schumann's "Spanische Liebeslieder"
    Original Translation
    • Oct 10, 2018
    • 5 min

    15th and 16th Century Spanish Love Poems from Schumann's "Spanische Liebeslieder"

    Discover the true magic of these poems: read along as you listen to the settings of Robert Schumann's Spanische Liebeslieder cycle found...
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    Observance
    By Michael R. Burch
    • Oct 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    Observance

    Here the hills are old and rolling carefully in their old age; on the horizon youthful mountains bathe themselves in windblown fountains...
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    "Lerchengesang" (Lark Song) Set by Brahms
    Translation
    • Oct 4, 2018
    • 1 min

    "Lerchengesang" (Lark Song) Set by Brahms

    Ethereal, distant voices, Heavenly greetings of larks, How sweetly you move men's hearts With your enchanting voices. As my eyes begin...
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    The Fishergirl by Heinrich Heine
    Translation
    • Oct 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Fishergirl by Heinrich Heine

    Come you lovely fisher girl, Come and bring your boat to land; Join me on the golden shore, We'll cuddle hand in hand. Lay your head on...
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    Late Afternoon
    By Daniel Leach
    • Oct 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Late Afternoon

    My spirit is lost in the late afternoon, As it drifts with the shadows that float in the air; It lives in the moment that dies all too...
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    An die Musik
    Original Translation
    • Sep 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    An die Musik

    Thou sacred art, in how many trying hours When I had been thrown through life’s winding ways Did you come and lift my sad heart into...
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    Heine's "Atlas" Set by Franz Schubert
    Translation
    • Sep 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Heine's "Atlas" Set by Franz Schubert

    I, wretched Atlas, must carry the world, I must carry this wide world of wrenching pain. I bear the unbearable and my heart Breaks within...
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    Deep Down
    By Paul Gallagher
    • Sep 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    Deep Down

    Tired bends the lily Beneath its gorgeous flower; Weary stoops the pilgrim Drawn on by heavenly power. All the soldier’s glory Is grime...
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    The Seashell
    By Adam Sedia
    • Sep 10, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Seashell

    An errant shape appears upon the sand, Borne from ultramarine depths to wash Among the turquoise waves’ relentless crash Upon another...
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    The Human Depot
    By Beverly Stock
    • Sep 2, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Human Depot

    A Human Depot, A resting place Full of dignity, history and grace. The monuments Are carefully tended there, Naming who rests where...
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    The Feast of Belshazzar by Heinrich Heine
    Original Translation
    • Aug 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Feast of Belshazzar by Heinrich Heine

    The midnight hour had fallen on The hushed city of Babylon. And yet within its castle walls The vassals thronged throughout the halls....
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    Feldeinsamkeit by Hermann Allmers
    Original Translation
    • Aug 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    Feldeinsamkeit by Hermann Allmers

    Peacefully, I rest in the tall green grass For a long time only gazing as I lie, Caught in the endless hymn of crickets, And encircled by...
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