German song in the nineteenth century offers some of the greatest pleasures available to the singer, pianist, and listener. The great German poets - Goethe, Schiller, Ruckert, Eichendorff, Heine, Moerike, Hesse, and many lesser figures - inspired such perennial masterpieces as Schubert's song cycles Die Schoene Mullerin and Winterreise, Schumann's Dichterliebe, and Mahler's Die Kindertotenlieder. This book provides the German texts of the most frequently studied and performed songs, and gives literal, word-for-word translations under each line, plus clear English prose versions of each poem. Neither is a singing version, but each contributes to the understanding and appreciation of the song. The composers represented are Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, and Richard Strauss. This new edition includes numerous corrections and improvements to the translations.

About the Author
Lois Phillips is a freelance musician: teacher of piano and Alexander Technique.

Reviews
It is difficult to put my enthusiasm for these translations into adequate words. This is exactly what students desperately need, an accurate word for word detail, without which a Lied cannot be coloured vocally. This project is urgently needed; it is a wonderful idea. * Dame Janet Baker *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198790174
Author Lois Phillips
Format Paperback
Page Count 446
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 850g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 190mm * 24mm