Bergknappenlied ("Hinab, ihr Brüder"), for male voices & piano, D. 268

• Date: August 25, 1815
• Composer: Franz Schubert
• Period: Romantic (1820-1869)

Review

If the idea of a Bergknappenlied (Miner's Song, D. 268) set as a quartet for male voices doesn't sound especially appealing, the song won't surprise you. Apparently Schubert had very little idea what a miner's life was actually like because his setting is as close as he ever got to being generic. A stout-hearted vocal melody striding along manfully in duple time, the Bergknappenlied could as easily be a lumberjack song for all the difference it would make. Schubert's Bergknappenlied is as anonymous as the author of the text. ~ James Leonard, Rovi

Albums with Complete Performances of the Work

Title	Date
An 1815 Schubertiad, the Complete Songs, Vol. 20	1994
Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs	2005
Schubert: Part Songs, Vol. 3	2009
Schubert: The Complete Lieder
Schubert: The Complete Secular Choral Works	2008

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