Musicological Research. Beethoven's Song Cycle "to The Distant Lover"

Art song is Beethoven's late writing one of the major vocal genres, often drawn little attention to his vocal work, his vocal writing in 1816 divertimento "To the distant beloved" (An die ferne Geliebte) (Code No. 98) Romantic vocal Suit in Germany and Austria is opening the first of its kind in the work, it is the only one Beethoven vocal divertimento, it is the history of Western music first real vocal divertimento. This work non-stop concert of six songs composed while Beethoven's vocal writing only the history of vocal development in a small space, but it has played a special role in the transition. Since then,Vocal divertimento became an important musical form. This paper attempts to "To the distant beloved" musical analysis to complete the work on this preliminary study.