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lieder

[leed; Ger. leet] Origin

lied

2[leed; Ger. leet]
noun, plural lied·er [lee-der; Ger. lee-duhr] .
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership: Schubert lieder.

Origin:
1850–55; < German
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Word Origin & History

lied
1852, from Ger., lit. "song," from M.H.G. liet, from O.H.G. liod, from P.Gmc. *leuthan (see laud).
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lieder [(lee-duhr)]

The plural of lied, the German word for “song.” It refers to art songs in German mainly from the nineteenth century. The most notable composer of lieder was Franz Schubert.

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