A lied is a German song. The plural is lieder. Lied most often refers to a song performed in German by a solo singer with piano accompaniment. Lieder are particularly related to the romantic period.

David Denby, in his fine eulogy of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, mentions the difficulty he has relating to the lied repertoire, thanks to “all the plangent aestheticism” of the German Romantic poetry on ...

Born in 1893, Anthony Collins began his musical career as a 17-year-old violist in the Hastings Municipal Orchestra. Active service in World War 1 was followed by a spell at the Royal College of Music ...

Susan Jurgelski Jul 24, 2006 Jul 24, 2006 Updated Sep 11, 2013 At long last, he and his fellow keepers of German culture in the Lancaster Liederkranz folk-dance group Alpenrose Schuhplattler Verein ...

In 1960, Elvis Presley is the most famous pop star in the world. In one of his films, he sings a German folk song that goes on to sell over a million copies. But perhaps with good reason since the ...