 Mendelssohn wrote many songs , both for solo voice and for duet , with piano . Many of these are simple , or slightly modified , strophic settings . Some , including Auf Flügeln des Gesanges ( On Wings of Song ) , became popular . Nine of Mendelssohn 's songs , including Auf Flügeln des Gesanges and Neue Liebe ( New Love , set to a poem by Heinrich Heine ) were transcribed for piano solo , in a virtuoso style , by Franz Liszt . 
