Von edler Art
Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten
Bei nächtlicher Weil
Vom heiligen Märtyrer Emmerano
Täublein weiß
Ach lieber Herre Jesu Christ
Sankt Raphael
In stiller Nacht
Abschiedslied
Der tote Knabe
Die Wollust in den Maien
Morgengesang
Schnitter Tod
Der englische Jäger
Altes Volkslied
Der Ritter und die Feine
Der Zimmergesell
Altdeutsches Kampflied
Scheiden
Wach auf
Erlaube mir
Der Fiedler
Da unten im Tale
Des Abends
Dort in den Weiden

The German Romanticism of the nineteenth century witnessed a rediscovery of the folk song, giving rise to a new intensive interest in the genre and the compilation of collections such as Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Arnim und Brentano and numerous others which propelled the folk song into public focus. Johannes Brahms also displayed a great interest in the folk song and its ideals as is repeatedly evident in numerous examples across the wide spectrum of his compositions. The reason why he never published his Zwölf Volkslieder für Chor op. posth. could be because he placed greater importance on the solo as opposed to choral performance of folk songs in his later years. These twelve folk songs are however mature masterpieces revealing Brahms’ dilemma of aiming to compose simply in a folk style while reluctant to slip out of his professional skin and thereby exploit his skills in four-part writing to the full.

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