In the wonderfully lovely month of May

Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day

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W. Earl Hall

This is the right time to listen to the first song in Robert Schumann´s wonderful cycle "Dichterliebe", based on the poems by Heinrich Heine. Listen here to the great Danish tenor Aksel Schiøtz sing "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" - and the other 15 songs in the song cycle: 

In the wonderfully lovely month of May,

When all the buds were bursting, 

Then it was that in my heart

Love broke through.

In the wonderfully lovely month of May,

When all the birds were singing,

then it was I confessed to her

My longing and desire