Latest Lieder Podcast Episodes

Erlkönig: Goethe and Schubert (again!)

Follow the Lieder - August 08, 2019 19:11 - 59 minutes
This episode goes out to all those Lieder nerds who haven't yet had their fill of Schubert and Goethe! Mandee is joined by special guest host Ben Offringa to discuss Schubert’s first published song, the infamous Erlkönig. Creepy/fascinating/thrilling/exhausting stuff to be found within!...

Episode 6- Erlkönig: Goethe and Schubert (again!)

Follow the Lieder - August 08, 2019 19:11 - 59 minutes
This episode goes out to all those Lieder nerds who haven't yet had their fill of Schubert and Goethe! Mandee is joined by special guest host Ben Offringa to discuss Schubert’s first published song, the infamous Erlkönig. Creepy/fascinating/thrilling/exhausting stuff to be found within!  Guest ...

Gretchen am Spinnrade: Goethe and Schubert

Follow the Lieder - July 17, 2019 04:56 - 56 minutes
Now this episode really has it all... a wager with God, boxes of jewels, a poisoned mother, a murdered brother, the teenage mutant ninja turtles (maybe), and the ORIGINAL Faustian pact. Mandee and co-host Deborah discuss the Schubert song Gretchen am Spinnrade with text by Johann Wolfga...

Episode 5- Gretchen am Spinnrade: Goethe and Schubert

Follow the Lieder - July 17, 2019 04:56 - 56 minutes
Now this episode really has it all... a wager with God, boxes of jewels, a poisoned mother, a murdered brother, the teenage mutant ninja turtles (maybe), and the ORIGINAL Faustian pact. Mandee and co-host Deborah discuss the Schubert song Gretchen am Spinnrade with text by Johann Wolfgang von Go...

4. Gretchen am Spinnrade: Goethe and Schubert

Follow the Lieder - July 17, 2019 04:56 - 56 minutes
Now this episode really has it all... a wager with God, boxes of jewels, a poisoned mother, a murdered brother, the teenage mutant ninja turtles (maybe), and the ORIGINAL Faustian pact. Mandee and co-host Deborah discuss the Schubert song Gretchen am Spinnrade with text by Johann Wolfgang von Go...

Episode 4- Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren and Der Schiffer: Schubert and Mayrhofer

Follow the Lieder - June 30, 2019 13:28 - 1 hour
If you’ve ever thought that one song per episode isn’t enough, then this is the episode for you! In this double header, Mandee and Deborah cover two more songs by Schubert with texts by Mayrhofer to finish their water-themed song series. Covered topics include but are not limited to: binary star...

Episode 3- Aufenthalt: Ludwig Rellstab and Franz Schubert

Follow the Lieder - February 18, 2019 14:05 - 58 minutes
In the third episode of our water series we dive deep (terrible pun 100% intended) into Schubert’s setting of the poem Aufenthalt by Ludwig Rellstab. Bonus topics include how Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata got its name, blanket burritos, and co-host Deborah’s swimming career. Mandee’s dog Czar even...

Episode 2 - Auf dem Flusse: Wilhem Müller and Franz Schubert

Follow the Lieder - February 04, 2019 17:31 - 53 minutes
 What do a 19th century german almanac, Lord Byron, Mandee's water phobia, the Oxford Circus John Lewis, and Wilhelm Müller's omen of death have in common?... They all feature in this fabulous episode where we discuss the song Auf dem Flusse from Schubert's Winterreise! Tune in and turn up!  Co...

Episode 1- Fahrt zum Hades: Franz Schubert and Johann Mayrhofer

Follow the Lieder - January 24, 2019 19:26 - 1 hour
In this episode Mandee introduces her new podcast and discusses a few basic concepts about Lieder with her co-host Deborah. The duo talk in depth about the fantastical images brought to life in the featured song of the episode Fahrt zum Hades, weaving in information about both the composer and t...

Schubert's Lieder: settings of Goethe's poems

Schubert's Lieder: settings of Goethe's poems - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 01:04 - application/epub+zip ★★★ - 1 rating
This unit looks at the short poems in German that were set to music by Franz Schubert (1797–1828) for a single voice with piano, a genre known as ‘Lieder’ (the German for ‘songs’). Once they became widely known, Schubert's Lieder influenced generations of songwriters up to the present day. This ...