(plural ), (; plural [ˈliːdɐ])'s a German word, meaning literally "song"; among English speakers, however, the word's used primarily as a term for European romantic music songs, also known as art songs. More accurately, the term perhaps's best used to describe specifically songs composed to a German poem of reasonably high literary aspirations, most notably during the nineteenth century, beginning with Franz Schubert and culminating with Hugo Wolf. The poetry forming the basis fo… (
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