Liederkreis, Op. 39

I would like to sing myself to death like a nightingale 1840, Schumann's most prolific song year, was marked by great private upheaval. He was only able to finally marry Clara in September after he had fought her father in a court case. The Eichendorff cycle is probably my most romantic, he informed her of his latest opus, and there is a great deal of you in it. The song cycle opus 39 that was first published in 1842 is today one of Schumann's most important song cycles not least because of the famous Moon night. He revised his work for a new edition eight years later. Our Urtext edition offers both versions in their entirety.