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Franz Schubert's "4 Gesänge aus 'Wilhelm Meister', D.877" is a song cycle composed in 1826 on texts from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre". The cycle includes four songs: "Mignon und der Harfner", "Lied der Mignon", "Lied der Mignon" (another setting), and "Lied der Mignon" (yet another setting). These songs represent some of Schubert's most profound and psychologically complex Lieder, exploring themes of longing, alienation, and spiritual yearning through Mignon's character and the Harper's songs.