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lieder

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1. The plural of lied, the German word for “song.” It refers to art songs in German mainly from the nineteenth century. The most notable composer of lieder was Franz Schubert.

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The pianist Irwin Gage accompanies Heynis on a disc of German lieder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

And lieder, folk and church music alone, no matter how immaculately sung, rarely turn artists into stars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

He was accepted as a choral scholar, and began to learn about opera and lieder while studying archaeology and anthropology.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2022

But the pair outlasted every battery in the house with their powerhouse celebration of lieder — a modest-seeming little thing that extended into eight encores for an insatiable house.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021

Marian took classes in German and French, studied with a famous teacher of German lieder, and met many people in London’s close-knit music community.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman