Een nieuwe Europese lente

On this now Day of Europe, the press was collected five years after the end of WWII for a 'notice of the highest importance'. The then French Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Schuman advocated an organization for joint management of coal and steel - important raw materials for warfare - with which peace on the European continent would be guarded. His composing, almost exact namesake sounds a completely different spring with Dichterliebe, namely that of love. What follows is a small European spring trip.