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A tenor's personal exploration of the Erlking myth through music, blending traditional German Lied elements with modern compositional techniques. Features innovative piano writing and vocal demands reflecting the performer-composer's intimate understanding of the text.

Schubert's "Erlkönig" is a dramatic Lied (art song) for voice and piano, setting Goethe's haunting ballad about a father, his dying child, and the supernatural Erlking. Composed in 1815, it is renowned for its vivid musical depiction of the poem's characters and tension.

Schubert's Erlkönig is a dramatic Lied that uses piano and voice to portray four characters: narrator, father, son, and the Erlking. The relentless triplet rhythm evokes galloping horses and impending doom.

Franz Schubert's Erlkönig is a seminal Romantic-era lied based on Goethe's haunting ballad. It uses rapid triplet rhythms to evoke a horse's gallop and shifts in vocal register to differentiate the narrator, father, son, and the Erlking. Composed when Schubert was just 18, it remains a showcase of dramatic storytelling through music.

Schubert's Ständchen (Serenade) is one of his most beloved lieder, setting a poem from Franz Grillparzer's drama "The Faithful Soldier". Its haunting melody has become emblematic of Romantic era art song.