Who's behind the notes? Discover Franz Schubert: The Prolific Master of Romantic Melody
Der Doppelgänger is one of Schubert's most haunting late lieder from his Schwanengesang cycle, setting a poem by Heinrich Heine about a man confronting his spectral double. Liszt's transcription masterfully translates the song's dark emotional intensity and vocal lines into the piano idiom, creating one of his most demanding concert transcriptions that requires advanced technique and deep musical understanding.