I need help from a classical music expert to identify a song.

Hi,

I was curious and did some searching. I didn't find exactly what you're
looking for. But I did find something that could possibly lead somewhere.
Maybe not.

I found a poem written by Goethe that has a very similar theme as what
you described. There have been several translations. There are the words;
oh father, oh father... The poem is about a father carrying his dying son
through the woods, it seems, and when they arrive at their destination the
boy is dead. There are references to cold and being cold, etc.

What I was wondering is if you could be looking for an opera song or composition
based on this poem.

Scroll down the page and you'll see a literal translation of the poem, and then
further down a translation by Sir Walter Scott.

Goethe’s Der Erlkönig

Hope that helps and sorry couldn't find anything more definitive.


Ken

Yup...That's what I was going to say, the Opus 1 Lieder of Schubert.
You can read more here: Der Erlkönig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thanks so much for the replies. That is EXACTLY the song I was looking for. It's a very powerful piece of music.

What started all of this was that I was listening to some samples of music on this site, as I wanted to purchase the CD's for my husband for Christmas:

http://www.james-joyce-music.com/

This is the song I was listening to - I truly love this song!

Frederick E. Weatherly - Stephen Adams | The Holy City

I had the volume on my Harman Kardon speakers turned up full blast, as I thought he was outside working in the yard. He wasn't. He was downstairs in the rec-room, and of course, when he heard the music (which I knew he would like) he immediately came upstairs to my office to see what I was doing. He pointed out that one of the songs was faintly reminiscent of a song that he had heard on CBC radio several years ago, and had been searching for ever since. Hence the request to find this song.

I am so thankful for the information. My husband was delighted to hear the music again, and we both now have our poets and composers sorted out. I was getting frustrated because I knew from what he was describing that this was not the type of music that Handel would have composed. (Similar, but not quite...) Without much information to go on it was driving me crazy trying to come up with some ideas.

Upside is - I learned a lot more about fairies/faeries than I ever wanted to know. (I don't like faeries much after all is said and done.) Best work I have ever seen about Fairies was 'Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairie Book.' (Known colloquially as the 'Squashed Fairies Book.' )

My heartfelt thanks again to Ken, Frank and gcintermetd ! One can always depend on Warriors, for sure!

Val,

Thank you, and you're quite welcome. Always glad to help out and to
make someone's day a little brighter - small victory.


Ken