Cäcilie (Strauss)

Cäcilie
Lied by Richard Strauss
Lady Lilith by Rossetti (1866).
EnglishCecilia or Cecily
CatalogueTrV 170
Opus27, No. 2
TextPoem by Heinrich Hart
LanguageGerman
ComposedSeptember 9, 1894
DedicationPauline de Ahna, composer's wife.
ScoringVoice and piano

"Cäcilie", Op. 27 No. 2, is the second in a set of four songs composed by Richard Strauss in 1894.

The words are from a love poem "Cäcilie" written by Heinrich Hart (1855–1906), a German dramatic critic and journalist who also wrote poetry. It was written for the poet's wife Cäcilie.

German pronunciation: [tsɛːˈtsiː.liːə], or UK English as "Cecilia".