Erlkonig, composed by Franz Schubert in 1815 when he was eighteen and published in 1821 as his Opus 1, sets Goethe's 1782 ballad about a father riding through the night with his dying son, pursued by a supernatural spirit, and is one of Schubert's most celebrated songs.
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Source Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's Poems (OpenLearn, The Open University)
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Source Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's Poems (OpenLearn, The Open University)
Source Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's Poems (OpenLearn, The Open University)
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1. Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's Poems (OpenLearn, The Open University)
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Erlkonig, composed by Franz Schubert in 1815 when he was eighteen and published in 1821 as his Opus 1, sets Goethe's 1782 ballad about a father riding through the night with his dying son, pursued by a supernatural spirit, and is one of Schubert's most celebrated songs.
- Created By: Franz Schubert
- In Form: Lied
- In Form: Music
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