I heard something beautiful today...it was a comment someone wrote on a friend's fb wall which reminded me of a beautiful piece of music.Words that sound 'poetic' stay with me forever and these two words have that kind of 'staying power.'
What do you think of when you hear the words 'frozen tears?'
For me it encapsulates a lot of emotion.
Void,
frozen in time,
waiting to breathe life back into me,
waiting for tender words
shatter the silence,
wipe the frozen tears.
Tears
frozen upon my face.
You are missed.
Frozen Tears from Winterriese by Franz Schubert
On 'Winterreise'
Winterreise is also known as Winter Journey which is a cycle of 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller and best known as the song cycle set for voice and piano by Franz Schubert. It is the second of Schubert's two great song cycles on Müller's poems, the earlier being Die schöne Müllerin. Both were originally written for tenor voice but are frequently transposed to suit other vocal ranges - the precedent being established by Schubert himself. These two works have posed interpretative demands on listeners and performers due to their scale and structural coherence. Although Ludwig van Beethoven's cycle An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved..and was thought to be the first true song cycle) had been published earlier, in 1816, Schubert's two cycles hold the foremost place in the history of the genre.
Listen to Die schöne Müllerin(Part 1 of 8) HERE.
Listen to An die ferne Geliebte (1st Song)HERE.
