Show Notes
If you've ever found yourself wandering into the the world's tiefsten Felsengründe, then this is the episode for you! Ghostly lights, a worm, charcoal burning knowledge, a watery grave and more await you (and our traveller) in this diverse episode! Who knew discussing Irrlicht and Rast from Schubert's Winterreise could be such fun?! Emoji stories for each episode by @teodoro.piano Irrlicht 👻🧚🕯️⚰️ Rast 🚶🛌🏚️💓 Link to a real, live Irrlicht video on YouTube Sing Irrlicht with me! Sing Rast with me! Follow the Lieder is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about their network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts You can support the podcast by going to https://www.patreon.com/liedernerd and becoming a patron! You can find me on Instagram @liedernerd and on YouTube as Mandee Madrid-Sikich. Sources for this episode include: The Schubert Song Companion by John Reed; Schubert's Winter Journey by Ian Bostridge; Retracing a Winter's Journey: Schubert's Winterreise by Susan Youens; Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs by Graham Johnson; Franz Schubert: A Biography by Elizabeth Norman McKay, Schubert and His Poets by Susan Youens; http://inamidst.com/lights/wisp/fulke1563 https://sites.google.com/site/wollaegerjoyces16/home/annotation-exercise-hades/will-o-the-wisp http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/04/what-causes-will-o-the-wisps/
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