Comprising four German lieder, this song cycle is written for high, medium, or low voice with piano. Songs include Das Rosenband (The Rose-Chain); Für funfzehn Pfennige (And all for half-a-crown); Hat gesagt-bleibt's nicht dabei (Saying Is Not Doing); and Anbetung (Adoration). German text is by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Clemens Brentano de la Roche and Ludwig Achim von Arnim from "Des Knaben Wunderhorn," and Friedrich Rückert. English translations by John Bernhoff are found below the German text in the score.