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“As a stranger I arrived As a stranger I shall leave“ Those are the opening words on a heartbreaking journey of gloom, grief and utter loneliness. One of Schubert's friends described the day Schuber performed his newly written song cycle “Winterreise“ ( Winter Jorney) : “Schubert was gloomy and depressed, and when asked the reason replied, “Come to Schober's today and I will play you a cycle of terrifying songs; they have affected me more than has ever been the case with any other songs.“ He then, with a voice full of feeling, sang the entire Winterreise for us. We were altogether dumbfounded by the sombre mood of these songs, and Schober said that one song only, “Der Lindenbaum“, had pleased him. Thereupon Schubert leaped up and replied: “These songs please me more than all the rest, and in time they will please you as well.“ Good Night (Wilhelm Müller) English translation with German text below : As a st
