Comments | melissagay: Spooky October!!!

melissagay

Spooky October!!!

Oct 13, 2006 22:03

In honor of Friday the 13th and general October creepiness, and in the spirit of eldritchhobbit's LiveJournal October-creepy-fest, here's one of my creepiest poems ever, Goethe's "Der Erlkönig", which, combined with Franz Scubert's terrifying yet hellishly catchy musical setting of the poem as a lied, managed to trouble my sleep for a long time.

( Here's an English translation: )

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eldritchhobbit October 14 2006, 13:03:06 UTC

Ooooh! *shudder* Wonderfully creepy. Go Goethe!

melissagay October 14 2006, 13:13:12 UTC

I wish I could have found a link to Schubert's lied that would play on my computer. If you ever get a chance to hear it, please do so! It's a masterpiece of songwriting as well as a masterpiece of creepitude!!!

eldritchhobbit October 15 2006, 14:23:59 UTC

This sounds so wonderful! I'll keep my eyes/ears open for it.

hermdawg October 14 2006, 23:26:21 UTC

Ah! One of my faves. We had to listen to this in Susan Rupert's music class. (I saw her tonight, BTW). It gives me chills every time I listen to it.