"Des Baches Wiegenlied"

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"Des Baches Wiegenlied" is the gentle, concluding lullaby song in Franz Schubert’s song cycle "Die schöne Müllerin," in which the brook soothes the miller to his final rest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art song
classical music composition
accompaniment piano
accompanimentCharacter flowing piano figuration
associatedCharacter the miller
associatedCyclePoet Wilhelm Müller
catalogNumber D 795/20
linked to: D 795/1
composer Franz Schubert
composerNationality Austrian
compositionDateApproximate 1823
countryOfOrigin Austria
cycleCatalogNumber D 795
cycleForm song cycle
cycleNumber 20
cyclePoet Wilhelm Müller
cycleThemeContext tragedy
unrequited love
endingFunctionInCycle epilogue
firstLine Gute Ruh, gute Ruh!
genre lullaby
song
key E major
language German
mood consoling
gentle
narrativeVoice the brook
originalTitleLanguage German
partOf Die schöne Müllerin
period Romantic era
positionInCycle final song
publisherOfCycle Tobias Haslinger
textBy Wilhelm Müller
textLanguage German
texture homophonic
theme consolation
death
sleep
titleTranslationEnglish The Brook’s Lullaby
typicalPerformanceContext art song recital
complete performance of Die schöne Müllerin
vocalForces voice
vocalRange suitable for high voice
suitable for medium voice
workType song for voice and piano

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Die schöne Müllerin hasPart "Des Baches Wiegenlied"
Der Neugierige notablePhrase “O Bächlein meiner Liebe”
subject linked to: "Der Neugierige"
linked to: "Des Baches Wiegenlied"