Aus meinen großen Schmerzen, Mach' ich die kleinen Lieder; Die heben ihr klingend Gefieder, Und flattern nach ihrem Herzen.
(from: Aus meinen großen Schmerzen, Heinrich Heine, set to music by Hugo Wolf)

Das Lied

The next competition "Das Lied - International Song Competition" will take
place from 20th to 24th February 2013 in Berlin.

The repertoire for the competition is Claude Debussy / Gustav Mahler /
Maurice Ravel / Richard Strauss
. In total 30 songs from these four named
composers must be prepared. There must be however at least three songs from
each composer. The participant is responsible for his own choice of works.