These eight songs are among Strauss' most famous lieder. They were written in the mid-1880s on poems of Hermann von Gilm and are the first songs that Strauss assembled into a single opus and allowed to be published. This urtext edition presents each song in its original key for high voice and piano along with extensive commentary and background information as well as an appendix with an additional song Wer hat's getan? Titles: Zueignung; Nichts; Die Nacht; Die Georgine; Geduld; Die Verschwiegenen; Die Zeitlose; Allerseelen.