'I would like to sing myself to death like a nightingale'' - 1840, Schumann's most prolific ''song year'', was marked by great private upheaval. He was only able to finally marry Clara in September after he had fought her father in a court case. ''The Eichendorff cycle is probably my most romantic'', he informed her of his latest opus, ''and there is a great deal of you in it.'' The song cycle opus 39 that was first published in 1842 is today one of Schumann's most important song cycles - not least because of the famous ''Moon night''. He revised his work for a new edition eight years later. Our Urtext edition offers both versions in their entirety.