| A | B |
| Most composers had | other jobs |
| The Art Song | solo voice and piano and originally for in-home performances |
| Lied-song | in German (Lieder-plural) |
| Postlude | ending of art song for piano only |
| Strophic form (Art Song) | repeated music for different text |
| Through-composed form (Art Song) | new music for each stanza |
| Modified strophic form (Art Song) | a hybrid of the strophic and through-composed forms |
| Song cycle (Art Song) | set of art songs |
| Franz Schuber | composed 143 art songs in his late teens alone; composed over 600 songs total; every genre; equal role between voice and piano |
| Erlkonig-1815; through composed setting; father on horse with sick son facing death; delirious boy has visions of legendary Erlking, who symbolizes death | Listening |
| Erlking | the king of the elves |
| Wild ride | rapid octaves and menacing bass line |
| Die Forelle; nature and folk songs; trout swimming, then gets caught, modified strophic A-A-BA1 | The Trout, 1817 |