German Lieder in the Nineteenth Century

2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-99037-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1000 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Musical Genres

German Lieder in the Nineteenth-Century 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hallmark, Rufus

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Romantik (ca. 1830-1900)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

@contents: 1. The Literary Context: Goethe as Source and Catalyst 2. Franz Schubert: The Lied Transformed 3. Robert Schumann: The Poet Sings 4. Johannes Brahms: Volkslied/Kunstlied 5. Crosscurrents in Song: Six Distinctive Voices 6. Hugo Wolf: Subjectivity in the Fin-de-Siècle Lied 7. Gustav Mahler: Romantic Culmination 8. Richard Strauss: A Lifetime of Lied Composition 9. The Song Cycle: Journeys Through a Romantic Landscape 10. Performing Lieder: The Mysterious Mix

Über Autor(innen)

Rufus Hallmark is Professor of Music at Rutgers University.