Das Lied in der Frühen Neuzeit.

Abstract This article outlines the status, tasks, and desiderata of research on the song of the early modern period. The starting point of the contribution is Adorno’s rejection of the Lied from an ideology-critical and autonomy-aesthetic point of view. In the post-war period, this had consequences for research on the Lied as well as for the social treatment of this form. On the other hand, national-philological perspectives continued to dominate for a long time; at the same time, the song ( Lied ) was not only neglected in research, but also the singing of songs became suspect and was increasingly rejected in music didactics. Only new discussions, first about terminology ( Musikalische Lyrik , Danuser 2004), have made the song attractive again. Recent research has focused on aspects such as translation, mobility, social history, and praxeology. Using examples of early modern song authors like Heinrich Müller, Heinrich Albert, Martin Opitz, and especially Johann Rist, this essay presents these new perspectives.