Poetry into Song: Performance and Analysis of Lieder

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Author(s): Deborah Stein, Robert Spillman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 432

CONTENTS......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 12
INTRODUCTION: Preliminary Clarifications......Page 14
Part I: The Language of Poetry......Page 20
CHAPTER ONE: Introduction to German Romanticism......Page 22
Historical Context of German Romanticism......Page 23
German Romantic Themes and Imagery......Page 24
Cultural Influences within German Romanticism......Page 32
Exercises......Page 35
CHAPTER TWO: Devices and Delights in Poetry......Page 39
Poetic Content......Page 40
Poetic Form......Page 52
Exercises......Page 70
Part II: The Language of the Performer......Page 76
Vocal Styles......Page 78
Accompanimental Styles......Page 81
Models for Study of Texture......Page 83
Exercises......Page 87
Nuances of Notation......Page 88
Determination of Tempo......Page 93
Timing between Partners......Page 98
Exercises......Page 99
Dynamics......Page 100
Timbre......Page 103
Vocal Accent and Stress......Page 110
The Concept of Persona......Page 112
Exercises......Page 119
Part III: The Language of Music......Page 122
Harmonic and Tonal Norms......Page 124
Tonality and Mode......Page 137
Harmonic and Tonal Innovation......Page 144
Exercises......Page 156
Melodic Overview: Context and Characteristics......Page 160
Linear Analysis......Page 162
Contrapuntal Structure of Melody and Bass......Page 167
Compound Line......Page 168
Motivic Analysis......Page 171
Melody in the Accompaniment......Page 182
Exercises......Page 183
Rhythmic, Metric, and Phrase Norms......Page 186
Metric, Rhythmic, and Phrase Deviations......Page 201
Exercises......Page 208
Introduction......Page 210
Analysis of Form in Lieder......Page 212
Exercises......Page 226
Settings of "Harper I": Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf......Page 230
Comparisons with Brahms Lieder......Page 240
Settings of "Liebst du um Schönheit": Clara Schumann and Gustav Mahler......Page 245
Conclusion......Page 248
Exercises......Page 249
POSTLUDE......Page 252
NOTES......Page 254
APPENDIX I: Text Translations......Page 280
A......Page 342
C......Page 343
D......Page 344
E......Page 345
H......Page 346
L......Page 347
M......Page 348
P......Page 349
R......Page 351
S......Page 352
T......Page 354
APPENDIX III: Selected Bibliography......Page 356
APPENDIX IV: Repertory by Chapter......Page 376
APPENDIX V: Scores Not Readily Accessible......Page 382
D......Page 428
G......Page 429
M......Page 430
S......Page 431
Z......Page 432