Widmung

[Humberto]

Robert Schumann composed the lied Widmung in 1840, the year he married Clara Wieck. "Widmung" is a German word that means "dedication". The music was set to a poem by Friederich Rückert:

You are my soul, my heart, my ecstasy and my pain

You are my world in which I live,

my heaven into which I am suspended,

my good spirit, my better self.

According to the movie Song Of Love, Widmung was a wedding gift by the financially struggling Schumann for Clara.

Franz Liszt later transcribed it for piano. Here is the Liszt transcription played by Jorge Bolet:

[video=youtube;8fEKx1Qa7kQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fEKx1Qa7kQ[/video]

I think this music is very beautiful.