An die Musik

F. SchubertD. 547

Key

D

Time

2/2

Tempo

♩=56

AO focus

AO1

Form

Lied — 'To Music', a hymn-like ode to music itself. Two verses in strophic form. Schober's text. The final encore at every Schubertiade.

Teaching points

• Hymn-like phrasing — four-bar phrases, simple cadences. Practise as a chorale before adding vocal nuance
• Piano part: walking bass under chordal RH — independent enough to be an art form on its own
• AO1: an ideal first lieder for a learning singer — manageable range (a 9th), accessible German text, two verses to grow into
• AO3: the dignity of simplicity — analyse why this is the most-loved Schubert lied