Blondel gave me an effing lied to learn today—you know, effing German art song.  Schubert wrote a lot of them.  So did Schumann.  This is one of Schumann's.  Ugggggggh.  I'm afraid of lieder . . . in a way, curiously, that I'm not afraid of opera.  I may not be able to sing it* but I get it about going over the top.**  Lieder are about precision, not one of my talents in any medium, and understatement, not one of my . . . well.  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sang a lot of lieder.  He scares me.  ...