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Albert Petrak is informing us correctly. However, one small but quite
important piece of information is missing: the songs belong together.
Wikipedia does help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Kreisler
"Liebesfreud" (Love's joy) and "Liebesleid" (Love's sorrow) are known
as Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen Nr. 1 and Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen Nr. 2
(Old Viennese Dancesongs #1 an #2). They were composed in 1910, the
names and numbers are given by Kreisler. [They represent] a common
method, in those days, of such opposite, mirrored compositions.
A couple of words on the differences between "Lied" and "Leid". The
German word "Lied" covers a specific form of music, mostly a poem which
inspired a composer. Like Goethe who wrote the poems Schubert used to
create "Lieder" -- which can be seen as operas in a nutshell!
The German word "Leid" indeed stands for sorrow, a feeling, which like
most feelings music can express perfectly. Music, however, does not
needs words to express emotions. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (among
others), as you will know, composed a lot of "Lieder ohne Worte",
"Songs without words" -- which are, in fact, just melodies.
A "Weise" is a melody -- a song without words. Kreisler's "Tanzweisen"
can be seen as such.
The German word "Wiese" also exists. A "Wiese" is a meadow. ;-)
Jan Kijlstra
The Netherlands
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