Beethoven's contribution to the development of German song was significant - he wrote some 90 songs - but it has inevitably been overshadowed by his mastery of orchestral and instrumental music. Unlike Mozart and Schubert's works in the genre, little is known about the composition and performance of Beethoven's songs, but he is known to have greatly respected Goethe, as his settings amply show, not least in the incidental music to 'Egmont', from which 'Freudvoll und Leidvoll' is taken.
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