Schubert-Der Lindenbaum

Dal ciclo "Winterreise" (Viaggio d'inverno)

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Music

Tags:

• music
• lieder
• Schubert
• lindenbaum
• classical
• Sawallisch
• Hampson
• Winterreise

[moorea11]

german is one of the most beautiful languages to sing in!

so much feeling. and vowels that us english don't have

[NihilNominis]

I find German exceedingly beautiful. But, of course, I approached it from the classical and the religious angles, then gradually became acquainted with the modern bastardization of English and German that many tend to speak. Pure German is an exceptionally gorgeous tongue.

[drhebaanwar]

i adooooore german and can't wait to start learning this language , spending a month in Austria made me fall in love with it :) :)

[NihilNominis]

@NihilNominis Chalk it up to taste.

[NihilNominis]

@morvil73 No doubt. But to me there is something peculiarly unpleasant about simply stealing English words and placing them in German sentences. "Hallo, Gunther!" "Hallo, Hans!" "Kaufst du denn viele CD's?" "Ja, ich finde diese Hits ganz toll. Er wird ein echter Star, oder?" "Genau! Er ist wirklich cool!" "OK, ich muss denn gehen."  "Ja, später."

[morvil73]

@NihilNominis: What do you mean by 'bastardization'? Surly it is normal for any language to have social, regional and situational stratification. You speak differently to your doctor than you would to your mate in the pub. That has nothing to do with 'bastardisation'. German, like English and many other languages, has a literary standard language, a whole range of colloquial varieties and dialects. It's the variety that is beautiful in my opinion.

[deandro985]

@MrAndylil lol where its standing? its not one tree but many, lindenbaum is a kind of tree.

Ich weis noch, Am Brunnen vor dem Tor, war das erste Klavier Stueck dass ich jemals gelernt habe ;D

[rarn2011]

winterreise .. just amazing

[MrAndylil]

would be interesting to know where this linden-tree is standing, by some town entrance i have thougt, but where? and is that really known. i think the lyrics are not by schubert

[ericwong1387]

@piano75432

I partially agree, but I think saying the tree is a symbol of suicide is oversimplifying it a bit. I personally feel that the tree is more a symbol of a happy past, but in the present, the protagonist's deep depression has twisted him into thinking that the tree is beckoning him to suicide because he feels strangely calm when he thinks of the memories the tree brings back. Of course as you say, he then chooses to run away from the tree instead.

[LazlosPlane]

@regoConker So, how's the tree doing?

[MassaJim]

@moorea11 Yes, much prettier than when spoken. Songs like Die Lorelei, O Tannenbaum, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, O Jesulein suss - OJesulein mild, and the Bridal Chorus from Act III of Lohengrin and many others do sound so beautiful when well sung in German.