Glühend

As Printed on a Score

Printed over a phrase, often in parentheses in Lieder (“(glühend)”), to colour that phrase; it lapses at the next character word or when the phrase ends.

Also spelled: gluehend

How Composers Use It

Glowing, ardent — intense warmth rather than force, the German neighbour of ardente. It asks for a rich, burning tone and full commitment to the line, and works best from mf to f, where intensity can grow without strain. In parentheses, as Wolf prints it, it is a passing flare inside the phrase rather than a new section.

Example

Wolf, Mörike-Lieder, “Auf einer Wanderung”, m. 27: “(glühend)”, in a song headed “Leicht bewegt”.

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