Warum Willst Du Andre Fragen By Clara Schumann Irony
The work “Warum Willst Du andre fragen?” by Clara Schumann is an exceptional piece that brings out the irony of loving someone. It is written for a solo singer and is accompanied by the piano. According to this recording it was written for a mezzo soprano voice. The melody of the piece is very smooth and contains conjunct motion. When she asks a question, the beginning portion of the piece repeats. Then when she answers the questions the melody changes and descends down the scale. To accentuate a word the composer crescendos and makes the melody go up to the higher notes. The last note of the phrase is sustained to mimic pleading. The text is brought out on thirty four seconds when she sings “heir” as in to listen to what she has to “say”.