Nacht und Träume d827 dif

Nacht und Träume D827 (1822–3)

There is no hint of obsession in Nacht und Träume. On the contrary, it is a miracle of tranquillity, which is achieved not so much by stillness – although the song is to be performed “very slowly,” the undulating motion in the piano part never fails – as by harmonic economy. When the modulation does come, without preparation and to a remote key area, the effect is nothing other than dreamlike.