Der Leiermann

E758116

"Der Leiermann" is the haunting final song of Franz Schubert’s song cycle "Winterreise," depicting a lonely hurdy-gurdy player as a symbol of desolation and existential despair.

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Label Occurrences
Der Leiermann canonical 6

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art song ⓘ
accompaniment piano ⓘ
associatedWith Romantic song literature ⓘ
basedOnTextFrom Wilhelm Müllers Winterreise ⓘ
linked to: Winterreise
belongsToRepertoire German Lied repertoire ⓘ
catalogueNumber D 911 No. 24 ⓘ
linked to: D. 911
composer Franz Schubert ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
cycleOrder final song of Winterreise ⓘ
linked to: Ende vom Lied
cyclePrecededBy Die Nebensonnen ⓘ
cycleType song cycle ⓘ
depicts desolation ⓘ
existential despair ⓘ
hurdy-gurdy player ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1828 ⓘ
frequentlyPerformedWith complete Winterreise cycle ⓘ
hasCharacter the hurdy-gurdy man ⓘ
the wanderer ⓘ
linked to: The Wanderer
key A minor ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mood bleak ⓘ
haunting ⓘ
musicalStyle Romantic ⓘ
musicalTexture sparse accompaniment ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person observer ⓘ
notableMotif drone-like accompaniment ⓘ
originalTitle Der Leiermann ⓘ
partOf Winterreise ⓘ
period early Romantic period ⓘ
poet Wilhelm Müller ⓘ
positionInSeries 24 ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Tobias Haslinger ⓘ
symbolizes emotional desolation ⓘ
existential emptiness ⓘ
social marginalization ⓘ
textForm strophic poem ⓘ
textSourceLanguage German ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
death ⓘ
outsider figure ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
vocalType voice and piano ⓘ
workNumber D 911/24 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winterreise → closingSong → Der Leiermann ⓘ
Winterreise → notableSong → Der Leiermann ⓘ
Winterreise → containsSong → Der Leiermann ⓘ
subject linked to: winter journey
Der Leiermann → originalTitle → Der Leiermann ⓘ
D. 911 → lastSong → Der Leiermann ⓘ
D. 911 → hasSong → Der Leiermann ⓘ