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Vocal rhythms : A sections ( stanzas 1 , 2 , 4 and reprise of 1 ) tend toward half and quarter note movement , with a few eighth notes thrown in to keep things moving ; B and C sections are generally faster moving , with more eighth notes and a few sixteenths Vocal intervals : A sections generally by third and step , plus a couple of wider intervals ; B and C sections more angular , with passages of wider intervals ( up to a diminished seventh ) alternating with areas of narrower intervals , including a very effective ascending chromatic scale in the " last " stanza Vocal comments : male singer ( tenor or baritone ) more appropriate to text Textual variants , etc. : Schumann takes what would become his customary liberties with the text : " Lebe wohl " is restated twice at the end of the first two stanzas ; " gesehen " at the end of stanza 3 , line 1 is contracted to " gesehn " ; at the start of the last stanza , since Schumann ends the ascending chromatic phrase on " schlepp ' ich " , he needs to repeat those words at the start of the next phrase for grammatical clarity and metrical symmetry ; the first stanza is repeated at the end in slightly abridged form , skipping the penultimate phrase " lebe wohl , ruf ' ich dir zu " to end with the two " extra " " lebe wohl " s Instrumental part ( s ) : A varied and satisfying part pianistically , with some challenging sections and Schumann 's typically detailed expression and pedal markings . At the same time , Lebed discounted suggestions that an expanded NATO might pose a threat to Russia . Among the highlights are an Etruscan terracotta antefix ( roof ornament ) in the form of a Maenad and Satyr dancing , and a magnificent large Greek wine vessel ( lebes ) of the Hellenistic period , decorated with relief attachments and silver inlays . It ends with a thrilling chorus " Kortte lebe , Kortte bluhe ! Nationalists in Russia see them as the defenders of ethnic Russians abroad and , in fact , have made Aleksandr Lebed , the former commander of the Russian 14th Army in Transdniestr , their political hero . Speaking in Berlin at a conference on NATO enlargement , Lebed said , " I do not dispute the right of the Baltic countries to self-determination , " AFP reported on 5 October . General Alexander Lebed , the Russian president 's security adviser , last night secured an agreement in principle with the rebel Chechen 's chief of staff to defer consideration of the breakaway republic 's political status until December 31 , 2001 .