Lieder

right|thumb|Franz Schubert's early masterpiece [[Gretchen am Spinnrade, which he wrote at age 17 to verse by Goethe, is one of the earlier of his lieder that is widely performed today.]] In the Western classical music tradition, '''''' ( , ; , ; ) is a term for setting poetry to music. The term is used for any kind of song in German, but among English speakers, is often used interchangeably with "art song" to encompass works that the tradition has inspired in other languages as well. The poems that have been made into lieder often center on pastoral themes or themes of romantic love.

Set of five songs by Richard Wagner

song cycle by Gustav Mahler

song cycle by Gustav Mahler

The Rückert-Lieder (Songs after Rückert) is a collection of five Lieder for voice and orchestra or piano by Gustav Mahler, setting poems by Friedrich Rückert to music. Four of the songs ("Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!", "Ich atmet' einen linden Duft", "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen", and "Um Mitternacht") were written in the summer of 1901 at Maiernigg, with one ("Liebst du um Schönheit") completed in the summer of 1902, also in Maiernigg. Both smaller in orchestration and briefer than Mahler's previous Des Knaben Wunderhorn settings, the collection marked a change of style from the chi

song cycle composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Lied by Ludwig van Beethoven

song cycle composed by Alban Berg

collection of songs with piano accompaniment by Gustav Mahler

Five Orchestral Songs by Alban Berg