LIEDERKREIS, LIEDERCYCLUS, or LIEDERREIHE. A circle or series of songs, relating to the same object and forming one piece of music. The first instance of the thing and the first use of the word appears to be in Beethoven's op. 98, ‘An die ferne Geliebte. Ein Liederkreis von Al. Jeitteles.
Of the poet of these charming verses little information can be gleaned. He was born at Brünn , so that when he wrote the Liederkreis he was...
