Schubert - Gefrorne Tranen from Winterreise for Medium Voice in D Minor
Schubert - Gefrorne Tranen from Winterreise for Medium Voice in D Minor
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From Schubert's Greatest Song Cycle — Transposed for Medium Voice
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) composed Winterreise ("Winter Journey") in 1827, setting 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller. It is widely regarded as the greatest song cycle ever written — a profound and harrowing journey through grief, isolation, and the winter landscape of the soul. Gefror'ne Tränen ("Frozen Tears") is the third song in the cycle, in which the wanderer discovers that his own tears have frozen on his cheeks, and marvels bitterly at how cold his heart has become.
This edition is transposed to D minor for medium voice (mezzo-soprano or baritone), making this deeply expressive song from Winterreise accessible to middle-voice singers. An essential work for any serious art song performer.
Performance Highlights
- From Winterreise — widely regarded as the greatest song cycle ever written
- A deeply expressive meditation on grief and emotional numbness
- Transposed to D minor for medium voice (mezzo-soprano, baritone)
- Essential repertoire for any serious art song performer
- Digital PDF download — print-ready score included
About the Composer
Franz Schubert (1797–1828) composed more than 600 songs in his short lifetime of thirty-one years, transforming the German Lied into one of the supreme art forms of the Romantic era. Born in Vienna, he possessed an extraordinary gift for melody and an unmatched ability to illuminate the emotional world of a poem through music — capturing in a few minutes what others could not achieve in a lifetime. His songs range from the intimate and tender to the dramatic and tragic, and his settings of poets such as Goethe, Schiller, Heine, and Rellstab remain the gold standard of the vocal repertoire. Beyond his songs, Schubert composed symphonies, chamber music, piano works, and choral music of the highest order — including the "Unfinished" Symphony, the Winterreise song cycle, and the String Quintet in C major. Though he died largely unrecognized by the wider public, his music has since come to be regarded as among the most profound and beautiful ever written.