Schiller’s lament for beauty

Posted on July 7, 2023

Friedrich von Schiller’s funeral song for the death of beauty uses a classical metre, as well as classical motifs.

Hear Schiller’s German and follow in English here.

See the illustrated blog post here.

Posted in NewsTagged Schiller elegiacs

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