Description
Beginning several generations before Schubert, the Lied first appears as domestic entertainment. In the century that follows it becomes one of the primary modes of music-making. By the time German song comes to its presumed conclusion with Richard Strauss's 1948 Vier letzte Lieder, this rich repertoire has moved beyond the home and keyboard accompaniment to the symphony hall. This is a 2004 introductory chronicle of this fascinating genre. In essays by eminent scholars, this Companion places the Lied in its full context - at once musical, literary, and cultural - with chapters devoted to focal composers as well as important issues, such as the way in which the Lied influenced other musical genres, its use as a musical commodity, and issues of performance. The volume is framed by a detailed chronology of German music and poetry from the late 1730s to the present and also contains a comprehensive bibliography.
This is an introductory chronicle of the Lied and places it in its full context, first published in 2004.
About the Author
James Parsons is Associate Professor of Music History at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. He is the author of numerous essays on German song, including the article on the eighteenth-century Lied for the second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. His article ''Deine Zauber binden wieder': Beethoven, Schiller, and the Joyous Reconciliation of Opposites', recently was published in Beethoven Forum, (2002) 9/1, 1-53. Other essays have appeared in The Journal of the American Musicological Society and Music Analysis.
Reviews
'How pleasing to see that the lied merits its own volume in this attractively presented series from CUP' The Schubertian
'... a fine addition to the material written on this subject, and I do recommend it highly.' Piano Professional
Book Information
ISBN 9780521804714
Author James Parsons
Format Paperback
Page Count 438
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 714g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 176mm * 22mm
This is an introductory chronicle of the Lied and places it in its full context, first published in 2004.
About the Author
James Parsons is Associate Professor of Music History at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. He is the author of numerous essays on German song, including the article on the eighteenth-century Lied for the second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. His article ''Deine Zauber binden wieder': Beethoven, Schiller, and the Joyous Reconciliation of Opposites', recently was published in Beethoven Forum, (2002) 9/1, 1-53. Other essays have appeared in The Journal of the American Musicological Society and Music Analysis.
Reviews
'How pleasing to see that the lied merits its own volume in this attractively presented series from CUP' The Schubertian
'... a fine addition to the material written on this subject, and I do recommend it highly.' Piano Professional
Book Information
ISBN 9780521804714
Author James Parsons
Format Paperback
Page Count 438
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 714g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 176mm * 22mm
