Serenade,

D. 957, No. 4

Violin by Joshua Bell

The Song

Schwanengesang (Swan Song) has the number D 957 in the Deutsch catalogue. It is a collection of 14 songs written by Franz Schubert at the end of his life and published posthumously .

  1. Liebesbotschaft (text: Ludwig Rellstab)

  2. Kriegers Ahnung (Rellstab)

  3. Frühlingssehnsucht (Rellstab)

  4. Ständchen (Rellstab)

  5. Aufenthalt (Rellstab)

  6. In der Ferne (Rellstab)

  7. Abschied (Rellstab)

  8. Der Atlas (Heinrich Heine)

  9. Ihr Bild (Heine)

  10. Das Fischermädchen (Heine)

  11. Die Stadt (Heine)

  12. Am Meer (Heine)

  13. Der Doppelgänger (Heine)

  14. Die Taubenpost (alternative: D 965a) (Johann Gabriel Seidl)

The collection was named by its first publisher Tobias Haslinger, presumably wishing to present it as Schubert's final musical testament to the world.

"Ständchen" ("Serenade") is the no. 4 in the manuscripts, whose song uses the text from Ludwig Rellstab. In music, a serenade (/ˌsɛrəˈneɪd/; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honor of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light pieces of music.

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