ABSTRACT

With over 600 lieds he added to the song repertoire, F. Schubert earned himself an undisputably significant place in the art of lied. Believing that the best way to create excellent lieds was to choose the right poems, he used poems of ,Goethe, Klopstock, Schiller, Heine, Rellstab , who were the most prominent poets of the time, to base his lied compositions on. 14 lieds he completed a short while before he died were published under the title “Schwanengesang” after his death. Of these lieds, “Standchen” is one of his best loved and famous lieds.