Ex. 5-5: Wanderlied

No. 2 from Fanny Mendelssohn's "6 Lieder" (Op. 1, 1846). The poem is by Goethe, from his novel Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre (Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years). It is a joyful wandering song that travels through the landscape — from the mountain to the hills and down the valley.

The songs in this collection were written over several years; some go back as far as Fanny's trip to Italy in 1839. Other songs from the same collection are also in this app. (Ex. 4-7: Schwanenlied by Fanny Mendelssohn, Ex. 1-5: Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass? by Fanny Mendelssohn, Ex. 3-5: Mayenlied by Fanny Mendelssohn, Ex. 7-5: Gondellied by Fanny Mendelssohn)

Track 2 from the album F. Mendelssohn-Hensel: Lieder, Vol. 1 by Dorothea Craxton and Babette Dorn (2009)
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