Italienisches Liederbuch Explained

(English: Italian songbook) is a collection of translations of anonymous Italian poems and folk songs into German by Paul Heyse (18301914). It was first published in 1860.[1]

In 1892, the composer Hugo Wolf (18601903) published a collection of 22 Lieder (settings for voice and piano) on poems from the volume, also under the title Italienisches Liederbuch. In 1896, he published a second collection, containing a further 24 Lieder.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Italienisches Liederbuch (1860) . archive.org . Heyse . Paul . 1860 . . Berlin . 4 May 2015 .