Der Atlas

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"Der Atlas" is a dramatic Lied by Franz Schubert, set to a text by Heinrich Heine, in which the mythic figure Atlas laments the crushing burden of his suffering.

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Der Atlas canonical 5

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lied ⓘ
accompaniment piano ⓘ
associatedComposer Franz Schubert’s late songs ⓘ
basedOnCharacter Atlas ⓘ
catalogueNumber D 957 ⓘ
composer Franz Schubert ⓘ
compositionType through-composed ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
cyclePosition one of the Heine songs in Schwanengesang ⓘ
depicts Atlas lamenting his fate ⓘ
expressiveCharacter intense ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext 19th-century Viennese salon tradition ⓘ
genre dramatic Lied ⓘ
hasTitleTranslation The Atlas ⓘ
key B minor ⓘ
language German ⓘ
musicalFeatures dramatic harmonic shifts ⓘ
powerful piano chords ⓘ
wide vocal range ⓘ
mythologicalSource Greek mythology ⓘ
notableFor integration of text and music for dramatic effect ⓘ
intense depiction of psychological torment ⓘ
partOf Schwanengesang ⓘ
period Romantic ⓘ
subject the crushing weight of emotional suffering ⓘ
symbolism Atlas as symbol of human burden ⓘ
textAuthor Heinrich Heine ⓘ
textCollection Buch der Lieder ⓘ
textCycle Heinrich Heine’s poems ⓘ
textOpeningLine Ich unglücksel’ger Atlas ⓘ
textSourceType lyric poetry ⓘ
theme burden ⓘ
despair ⓘ
existential anguish ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
vocalForces voice and piano ⓘ
workTitleLanguage German ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Schwanengesang → containsSong → Der Atlas ⓘ
D 957 → hasPart → Der Atlas ⓘ
Swan Song → containsWork → Der Atlas ⓘ
Heine songs → includesSong → Der Atlas ⓘ
Heine songs → notableSong → Der Atlas ⓘ