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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521552575

ISBN-139780521552578

eBay Product ID (ePID)768579

Product Key Features

Number of Pages400 Pages

Publication NameSchubert's Poets and the Making of Lieder

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

SubjectHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Classical, General, Poetry

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Music

AuthorSusan Youens

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight28.9 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN95-019069

Reviews'It is a measure of success of this important new study that the songs which are the object of such close scrutiny will never sound quite the same to the reader-listener. We shall hear them, both words and music, with greater understanding, growing admiration and continuing affection.' Paul Reid, The Schubertian, ‘Youens’s book contains useful studies of four poets whom Schubert chose to set. They lend depth to our understanding of the literary culture in which Schubert lived, bringing back to life poets who would otherwise remain faceless.’Ian Bostridge, The Times Literary Supplement, 'Susan Youens is a gifted author who cannot write a dull word ... Her sympathy with these various poets and their touching foibles, madnesses, and heroic romanticism is absolutely unforced ... This brilliant book should become the travelling companion not only of singers, but also of all those who have a passion for a fascinating period.' Robert Tear, The Oldie, 'Youens's book contains useful studies of four poets whom Schubert chose to set. They lend depth to our understanding of the literary culture in which Schubert lived, bringing back to life poets who would otherwise remain faceless.' Ian Bostridge, The Times Literary Supplement, 'Youens's book contains useful studies of four poets whom Schubert chose to set. They lend depth to our understanding of the literary culture in which Schubert lived, bringing back to life poets who would otherwise remain faceless.'Ian Bostridge, The Times Literary Supplement, 'Susan Youens is a gifted author who cannot write a dull word ... Her sympathy with these various poets and their touching foibles, madnesses, and heroic romanticism is absolutely unforced ... This brilliant book should become the travelling companion not only of singers, but also of all those who have a passion for a fascinating period.'Robert Tear, The Oldie, ‘It is a measure of success of this important new study that the songs which are the object of such close scrutiny will never sound quite the same to the reader-listener. We shall hear them, both words and music, with greater understanding, growing admiration and continuing affection.’Paul Reid, The Schubertian, ‘Susan Youens is a gifted author who cannot write a dull word … Her sympathy with these various poets and their touching foibles, madnesses, and heroic romanticism is absolutely unforced … This brilliant book should become the travelling companion not only of singers, but also of all those who have a passion for a fascinating period.’Robert Tear, The Oldie, 'It is a measure of success of this important new study that the songs which are the object of such close scrutiny will never sound quite the same to the reader-listener. We shall hear them, both words and music, with greater understanding, growing admiration and continuing affection.'Paul Reid, The Schubertian, 'Susan Youens is a gifted author who cannot write a dull word â€¦ Her sympathy with these various poets and their touching foibles, madnesses, and heroic romanticism is absolutely unforced â€¦ This brilliant book should become the travelling companion not only of singers, but also of all those who have a passion for a fascinating period.' Robert Tear, The Oldie, "Simply stated, the book is interesting from beginning to end. Abundant examples from both poetry and music are included along with copious, information-laden endnotes and a substantial bibliography. This very important book is recommended for comparative literature and German language studies as well as music." Choice

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal782.4/2/168/092

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. 'The Sappho of Vienna': Gabriele von Baumberg and the disasters of war; 2. The lyre and the sword: Theodor Körner and the lied; 3. Chromatic melancholy: John Mayrhofer and Schubert; 4. En route to Winterreise: Ernst Schulze and the sisterly muses, or a study in Romantic psychopathy.

SynopsisSchubert's choice of poets has traditionally come under fire for the preponderance of mediocre talent, and yet many of these writers were highly esteemed in their day. The author has chosen four such poets--Gabriele von Baumberg, Theodor Korner, Johann Mayrhofer, and Ernst Schulze--in order to reexamine their lives, works, and Schubert's music to their verse. All four poets were vivid inhabitants of a vivid era, and their tribulations afford us added insight into the upheavals, the manners and mores, of their day., Lieder began with words, with the composer's discovery of a poet and a poetic work, but the scholarly study of lieder has tended to bypass those origins. Schubert's choice of poets has traditionally come under fire for the preponderance of mediocre talent, and yet many of these writers were highly esteemed in their day. In her highly acclaimed study, Susan Youens has chosen four such poets - Gabriele von Baumberg, Theodor Körner, Johann Mayrhofer and Ernst Schulze - in order to re-examine their lives, works, and Schubert's music to their verse. All four poets were vivid inhabitants of a vivid era, and their tribulations afford us added insight into the upheavals, the manners and mores, of their day., Susan Youens re-examines the life and work of four poets and Schubert's settings of their verse. All four were vivid inhabitants of a vivid era, and their tribulations afford us added insight into the upheavals, the manners and mores, of their day., Schubert's choice of poets has traditionally come under fire for the preponderance of mediocre talent, and yet many of these writers were highly esteemed in their day. The author has chosen four such poets--Gabriele von Baumberg, Theodor Körner, Johann Mayrhofer, and Ernst Schulze--in order to reexamine their lives, works, and Schubert's music to their verse. All four poets were vivid inhabitants of a vivid era, and their tribulations afford us added insight into the upheavals, the manners and mores, of their day.

LC Classification NumberML410.S3 Y73 1996