Ex. 5-7: Das ist ein Tag, der klingen mag

No. 5 from Clara Schumann's "6 Lieder" (Op. 23, 1853), set to a poem by Hermann Rollett, who titled it "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song). It is a bright, lively song about a spring day so full of joy that everything seems to ring with music. Rollett was an Austrian poet who had to leave his country in the 1840s because his revolutionary poems got him into trouble with the government.

Clara composed the whole set in June 1853, probably as a birthday gift for her husband Robert. All six poems come from one book by Rollett, called Jucunde.

Op. 23 was the last song collection Clara composed. Another song from it is also in this app. (Ex. 2-8: An einem lichten Morgen by Clara Schumann)

From the album Clara Schumann: Lieder by Lan Rao and Micael Gelius (2023)
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