Lieder was a German song. Beethoven composed many lieder for the piano.
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Sausle, liebe Myrthe
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Lieder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieder
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They're usually called 'lied' (plural 'lieder'), which means
'song' in German.
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"The sun sinks into the depths of the sea..." A complete
translation (by David Gordon) can be found on the Lied and Art Song
Texts Page
(http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=13739m). Doug
dbriscoe@juno.com