Lied

LIED, a German poem intended for singing; by no means identical with the French chanson, or the Italian canzone. All three terms are in fact untranslateable, from the essentially national character of the ideas embodied in each form; the German Lied being perhaps the most faithful reflection of the national sentiment. A German looking at nature in her infinite variety of moods is almost irresistibly impelled to utter his thoughts in song. Certain aspects of nature appeal with peculiar force to...