Poetry and song in late eighteenth century Germany : a study in the musical Sturm und Drang / Margaret Mahony Stoljar.

Author/creator Stoljar, Margaret Mahony
Format Book
Publication InfoDover, NH : Croom Helm, 1985.
Descriptionxii, 217 pages : music ; 22 cm
Subjects
Songs, German--19th century. --History and criticism.
Sturm und Drang movement.

Variant title Poetry and song in late 18th century Germany
Contents Preface -- Introduction: performance as an historical category -- The use of poetry and the use of song -- Singing and playing in 1770 -- First settings to Klopstock: C.P.E. Bach and Gluck -- Sturm und Drang in musical style: C.G. Neefe -- The flowering of the Gesellschaftslied: Johann André -- J.A.P. Schulz and the Volkston -- J.F. Reichardt and the triumph of sentiment -- Bibliography. Principal sources for the Sturm und Drang song ; Eighteenth-century sources ; Selected secondary sources.
Abstract The German Lied in the period preceding Mozart is less well-known than that of the florescence under Schubert, Schumann and Wolf. But this book shows that the songs composed by C.P.E. Bach and his contemporaries have an interest and allure of their own. She concentrates her analysis on the interplay of poets and musicians, the use made by composers of the work of such distinguished poets as Klopstock, and the specific contribution that music was able to make to the reception of the poetry. As much a work of social history as of musicology, this book casts a light on the leisure of the period and place, as well as on the development of taste and sensibility that prepared the way for Young Werther. The book is illustrated with examples of music.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 210-215) and index.
LCCN 85006631
ISBN0709933584 :
ISBN9780709933588

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