| Series |
Studies in musical genres and repertories
Studies in musical genres and repertories. ^A268936
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| Contents |
Literary context : Goethe as source and catalyst / Harry Seelig -- Franz Schubert: the prince of song / Susan Youens -- Robert Schumann: the poet sings / Rufus Hallmark -- Johannes Brahms: "Volkslied/Kunstlied" / Virginia Hancock -- Crosscurrents in song: five distinctive voices / Jürgen Thym -- Hugo Wolf: subjectivity in the Fin-de-Siécle Lied / Lawrence Kramer -- Gustav Mahler: romantic culmination / Christopher Lewis -- Richard Strauss: a lifetime of lied composition / Barbara A. Petersen -- Song cycle: journeys through a romantic landscape / John Daverio -- Performing lieder: the mysterious mix / Robert Spillman. |
| Abstract |
This book provides a detailed introduction to the German lied. Beginning with its origin in the literary and musical culture of Germany in the nineteenth-century, the book covers individual composers, including Shubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss, Mahler and Wolf, the literary sources of lieder, the historical and conceptual issues of song cycles, and issues of musical technique and style in performance practice. Written by eminent music scholars in the field, each chapter includes detailed musical examples and analysis. The second edition has been revised and updated to include the most recent research of each composer and additional musical examples. |
| Abstract |
The repertory of the nineteenth-century German lied offers a world of expressiveness condensed into brief moments of musical time. This collection of essays by prominent scholars surveys representative works of the major lied composers, as well as the styles, forms, and poetry that characterize this body of music. The book begins with a chapter by Harry Seelig on the literary context of the nineteenth-century lied, arguing that Goethe practically single-handedly created German Romantic poetry and influenced poets and composers alike. Subsequent chapters focus on the contributions of individual lied composers. Susan Youens presents an overview of Schubert's songs and discusses in detail his text-setting and style in selected songs; Rufus Hallmark does the same for Schumann, extending his discussion to the composer's little-known late songs and songs for more than one voice; Virginia Hancock makes a case for treating Brahms's folk-tune and folk-lyric settings on an equal footing with his Kunstlieder; Lawrence Kramer examines Wolf's distinctive approach to the lied in light of the contemporary emergence of psychiatry; Barbara A. Petersen discusses the broad range of musical aesthetics found in Richard Strauss's lifetime of lieder composition; and Christopher Lewis writes on the special way in which Mahler's songs evoke the Romantic dilemma. In counterpoint to these studies of the masters, Jurgen Thym's contribution highlights five composers whose lieder are less widely discussed and performed in English-speaking countries: Carl Loewe, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Franz Liszt, Robert Franz, and Peter Cornelius; John Daverio writes on the song cycle as a reflection of Romantic imagery and aesthetics; and Robert Spillman emphasizes the practical issues of the singer's communication with an audience in German. Numerous music and text examples are used to illustrate the authors' points, and extensive notes and bibliographies accompany each essay. |
| Local note | Little-310199--305131017608Z |
| Local note | Little-343640--3051310499776 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 95031767 |
| ISBN | 0028708458 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
