The Lied Mirror of Late Romanticism Author:Edward Kravitt The German lied, a song form that fuses music and poetry, provides a key to understanding far-reaching cultural changes at the turn of the century, says Edward F. Kravitt in this definitive book. As artistic politics pitted tradition against innovation, naturalism against symbolism, and nationalism against universalism, the lied became an import... more »ant vehicle in the German people`s search to rediscover their national roots.« less