known for repopularizing lieder, the musical settings of mostly German poems from the 18th and 19th centuries, died on Friday at his home in Bavaria. He was 86.
Fischer-Dieskau lent his vocal talents to hundreds of Schubert songs (including, notably, the "Winterreise") and later composers including Mahler and Shostakovich.
from The Los Angeles Times: Beloved German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau dies at 86
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