noun
- German art songs, typically for solo voice and piano accompaniment
Usage: music; plural form
Examples
- The soprano performed several beautiful lieder by Schubert.
- Brahms composed over 200 lieder during his career.
- The recital featured lieder from the Romantic period.
- She specialized in German lieder and French art songs.
- The pianist accompanied the tenor in a cycle of Schumann lieder.
- Many lieder are based on poems by famous German writers.