Der Zwerg (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.

  1. ^ "George London in Concert", VAI Audio Catalog number VAIA 1030
  2. ^ "Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore, Salzburg Festival Live 1957-1965, vol. 1: Schubert", Orfeo Catalog number C140 101B
  3. ^ "Lieder von Franz Schubert in historischen Aufnahmen" Lebendige Vergangenheit, Catalog number 89321
  4. ^ "Thomas Quasthoff : Schubert : Goethe Lieder", RCA, ASIN: B000025A9N (The text is not by Goethe, but the song is on the CD)
  5. ^ "Jessye Norman Sings Schubert And Mahler", Phillips, ASIN: B000VG9HGG
  6. ^ "Franz Schubert: Lieder" Ian Bostridge, Tenor; Julius Drake, Pianist. EMI Classics 56347