An die ferne Geliebte
"Assuming that communication at the highest level between performers and spectators continues, then the translation of a poem by a master hand into music will always remain an unparalleled experience. "
Thus wrote Dietrich Fischer- #Dieskau in his biographical study on Schubertian Lieder.
Baritone Matthias #Goerne, was a pupil of Fischer-Dieskau and another "sacred monster" of the Lied interpretation, Elisabeth #Schwarzkopf.
An die ferne Geliebte, written by #Beethoven in 1816, is often considered as the first example in the nineteenth century of a form known as Liederkreis (“song cycle”).