Lieder Flashcards
Name 4 philosophers who contributed to German Music Philosophy
Kant
Herder
Goethe
Schiller
Who are the three main exponents of Lieder?
Schubert
R Schumann
C Schumann
Name 3 of Schubert’s lieders.
Erlkonig
Die Schone Mullierin 1823
Winterreise 1827
What is a lieder?
Poetry to song
Voice and piano duet
Describe individualism as it relates to German Romanticism
sensibility
communication as expression
action over reason
nature’s relationship to the individual
symbolic
nostalgia/yearning
What is the piano’s role in a lieder?
describes and comments on the narrative
eg river, horse hooves in Erlkonig
Tone, movement, tempo
What is a Lieder cycle?
connected by a theme
What is the subject matter of Erlkonig?
a child dying in his father’s arms as the race on horseback to save him
What is the subject matter of Winterreise?
love affairs, mixed optimism and pessimism
What was a Schubertiad?
a musical gathering between composers
What does Schumann believe the function of lieder is?
union of art and life
subjectivity as the heart of understanding the world
What was a reason for Schubert moving to Lieder, instead of orchestral pieces?
He felt he could not follow in Beethoven’s shadow
What is the subject matter for Dichterliebe op.48 1840?
The poet’s love
buds bursting, birds singing
nature, subjectivity
longing, yearning
What was a high source of income for German romantic composers?
Publishing
What did Schumann believe about the nature of music?
it is intrinsically romantic
