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Der Doppelgänger
Staff Notation • Secular, Lieder
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
Solo medium · Robert Nottingham
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Der Doppelgänger by Franz Schubert — Lyrics
Still ist die Nacht, es ruhen die Gassen,
in diesem Hause wohnte mein Schatz;
sie hat schon längst die Stadt verlassen,
doch steht noch das Haus auf demselben Platz.
Da steht auch ein Mensch, und starrt in die Höhe,
und ringt die Hände vor Schmerzensgewalt;
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About Der Doppelgänger
Schubert’s Der Doppelgänger paints a chilling nocturnal scene. The lonely singer returns to a place where his beloved once lived. Though she has long since departed, the house remains. A figure stands there, wracked with pain, gazing upwards. The singer is horrified to see that this figure is his own spectral double, a pale companion mocking his anguish. The poem explores the torment of lost love, as the singer confronts a ghostly manifestation of his past suffering. This Lieder setting for solo medium voice, in German, is a powerful exploration of profound emotional distress.
