Die schöne Müllerin
song cycle by Schubert
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Die schöne Müllerin is a song cycle by Franz Schubert, composed in 1823. The cycle consists of twenty songs based on poems by Wilhelm Müller.12
A song cycle is a group of related songs intended to form a cohesive musical work. Die schöne Müllerin tells the story of a young miller's apprentice who falls in love with a brook and the miller's daughter. The narrative follows his joy, infatuation, despair, and eventual death by drowning in the brook. The cycle is considered a masterpiece of Schubert's lyrical art.312
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