Work

Franz Peter Schubert Composer

Frohsinn, D.520

Performances: 4

Tracks: 4

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Frohsinn, D.520
Year: 1817
Genre: Solo Song / Lied / Chanson
Pr. Instrument: Voice

Schubert's setting of Ignaz Castelli's "Frohsinn" (Cheerfulness, ) (D. 520) lives up to its title. Bouncing along in 6/8 time, there is nary a bump on the singer's road of life. And bounding along in F major, there is nary an untoward modulation to sidetrack him from his single-minded—some might say simple-minded—pursuit of Cheerfulness. Although there are 11 verses to Castelli's song, most singers and listeners are satisfied with one or two verses of Schubert's all-too-accurate representation of simplicity, which borders on inanity.

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