Lied for voice and piano by Franz Schubert
This article is about the Schubert song. For the opera by Zemlinky, see
der Zwerg .
Portrait of Franz Schubert by Franz Eybl (1827)
Der Zwerg (The Dwarf) is a lied (or ballad) for voice and piano by Franz Schubert , written in the mid-1820s on a text by Matthäus von Collin . The poem is in terza rima . In Otto Erich Deutsch 's catalogue of Schubert's works, it is Op. 22, No. 1, D. 771.
The singer sings in three different voices: the Dwarf, his mistress the Queen (whom the Dwarf strangles with a red silk scarf in the song), and the narrator.
Recordings are available by several notable singers, including George London ,[ 1] Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ,[ 2] Lula Mysz-Gmeiner ,[ 3] Thomas Quasthoff ,[ 4] Jessye Norman ,[ 5] Ian Bostridge ,[ 6] and Matthias Goerne .
^ "George London in Concert", VAI Audio Catalog number VAIA 1030
^ "Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore, Salzburg Festival Live 1957-1965, vol. 1: Schubert", Orfeo Catalog number C140 101B
^ "Lieder von Franz Schubert in historischen Aufnahmen" Lebendige Vergangenheit , Catalog number 89321
^ "Thomas Quasthoff : Schubert : Goethe Lieder", RCA, ASIN: B000025A9N (The text is not by Goethe, but the song is on the CD)
^ "Jessye Norman Sings Schubert And Mahler", Phillips, ASIN: B000VG9HGG
^ "Franz Schubert: Lieder" Ian Bostridge, Tenor; Julius Drake, Pianist. EMI Classics 56347