Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen

"Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen"
"Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen"
Renaissance song
English	"Innsbruck, I must leave thee"
Language	German
Composed	1485

"Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen" ("Innsbruck, I must leave thee") is a German Renaissance song. It was first published as a choral movement by the Franco-Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450–1517); the melody was probably written by him. The lyricist is unknown; an authorship of Emperor Maximilian I, as was previously assumed, seems highly unlikely. Chester Lee Alwes writes that the song "became the gold standard of the Lied genre".^[1]

^ Alwes, Chester Lee (2015). A History of Western Choral Music. Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-19-936193-9. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

[1] Alwes, Chester Lee (2015). A History of Western Choral Music. Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-19-936193-9. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

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