Ende vom Lied

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The eighth and last piece, Ende vom lied (the end of the song or song's end) completes Robert Schumann's Fantasiestucke collection. The piece is in the key of F major and has the tempo marking of mit gutem humor directing the performer to play 'with good humor'. Schumann described this piece as a combination of wedding bells and funeral bells. In a letter to Clara Schumann, his wife, he wrote about this last piece: "At the time, I thought: well in the end it all resolves itself into a jolly wedding. But at the close, my painful anxiety about you returned." [1]


References:

  1. ^ Ewen, David, "The Complete Book of Classical Music", page 474, Prentice-Hall, 1965