“The German imagines even God singing songs.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Art Song, or Lieder, from the German speaking territories ranges from Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann and Hugo Wolf through to Aribert Reimann and Wolfgang Rihm. Franz Schubert however was arguably the most important Lieder composer of all time with over 600 song settings! Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wide world of German Lieder today.