The feminine in German song / Sanna Iitti.

Author/creator Iitti, Sanna, 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2006.
Descriptionxiv, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Epistemological position: defining femininity from a post-structuralist feminist perspective and introducing the central problems of the study -- The foundations of a historical theory of femininity in 19th-century German music -- Femininity and orientalism -- The feminine as gendered chaos: social and psychological forces -- Constructions of the feminine libido in German song -- Conclusions.
Abstract The author argues about ways to hear sexual differences in Lied, analyzing musical compositions in the light of the composer biographies and in terms of musical gestures. Her comparison of the Suleika and Lorelei songs by Romantic composers, including the Mendelssohns and the Schumanns, reveals cultural and sexual anxieties besides conflicting arguments about music and its perception.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-210) and index.
LCCN 2006000645
ISBN0820481572 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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