What is "lied"

Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lied (l[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Lying (l[imac]"[i^]ng).] [OE. lien, li[yogh]en, le[yogh]en, leo[yogh]en, AS. le['o]gan; akin to D. liegen, OS. & OHG. liogan, G. l["u]gen, Icel. lj[=u]ga, Sw. ljuga, Dan. lyve, Goth. liugan, Russ. lgate.] To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.

Lied \Lied\ (l[=e]t), n.; pl. Lieder (l[=e]"d[~e]r). [G.] (Mus.) A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national.

The German Lied is perhaps the most faithful reflection of the national sentiment.
--Grove.

"German romantic song," 1852, from German Lied, literally "song," from Middle High German liet, from Old High German liod, from Proto-Germanic *leuthan (see laud). Hence Liederkranz, in reference to German singing societies, literally "garland of songs."

Etymology 1 n. (context music English) An art song, sung in German and accompanied on the piano Etymology 2

vb. (en-past of: lie)

1. n. a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano

2. [also: lieder (pl)]

Lied or Lieder may refer to:

• Lied, the German word for "song", usually used for the setting of romantic German poems to music
• Past tense and past participle of lie, a deliberate untruth

(; plural ; German for "song") originally denoted in classical music the setting of Romantic German poems to music, especially during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Examples include settings by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. Among English speakers, however, "Lied" is often used interchangeably with " art song" to encompass works that the tradition has inspired in other languages. The poems that have been made into Lieder often center on pastoral themes or themes of romantic love.

Typically, Lieder are arranged for a single singer and piano, the Lied with orchestral accompaniment being a later development. Some of the most famous examples of Lieder are Schubert's " Der Tod und das Mädchen" ("Death and the Maiden"), " Gretchen am Spinnrade" and " Der Doppelgänger". Sometimes Lieder are gathered in a or " song cycle", a series of songs (generally three or more) tied by a single narrative or theme, such as Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise, or Robert Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben and Dichterliebe. Schubert and Schumann are most closely associated with this genre, mainly developed in the Romantic era.