lied
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[ leed; German leet ]
/ lid; German lit /
noun, plural lied·er [lee-der; German lee-duh r] /ˈli dər; German ˈli dər/.
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership: Schubert lieder.
Compare
art song.
Origin of lied
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Borrowed into English from German around 1850–55
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British Dictionary definitions for lieder
lied
/ (liːd, German liːt) /
noun plural lieder (ˈliːdə, German ˈliːdər)
music
any of various musical settings for solo voice and piano of a romantic or lyrical poem, for which composers such as Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf are famous
Word Origin for lied
from German: song
Cultural definitions for lieder
lieder
[ (lee-duhr) ]
The plural of lied, the German word for “song.” It refers to art songs in German mainly from the nineteenth century. The most notable composer of lieder was Franz Schubert.