Post Syllabus, Romantic questions Flashcards
Birthday of German Lieder
October 14, 1814
Three contributing factors to the rise in German lieder as a genre
- Elevation of poetry
- Innovations of the piano
- Rise of the middle class
What were the poetry verses of German lieder filled with?
Personal expression and awareness of self
5 prominent poets of German lieder
- Eichendorf
- Goethe
- Heine
- Ruchert
- Wolf
Name of the German lied composed by Schubert on the Birthday of German lieder?
“Gretchen am Spinnerade”
Prominent theme in art and during the Romantic period.
- Longing
- Love (unrequited, hopeless, and fatal)
- Death (the mystery that surrounds us)
- Supernatural (attracted to Catholicism, the most mystical denomination.
- Politics and National identity.
- Nature (storms are frequently present)
- “The Wanderer” (no path, no destination, not distinct lines)
3 forms of German Lieder
- Strophic: same music for each stanza (e.g.,
- Modified strophic: similar music for each stanza (e.g.,
- Through composed: new music for each stanza (e.g., “Erlkonig”
Poet for “Erlkonig”
Goethe
Characteristics of “Erlkonig”
- wide range
- very demanding
- Juxtaposition of quality of tonality
Elf King-major key
Father and son-minor keys - Piano becomes a character- horse, galloping
- Romantic Ballad: through composed
no repetition of text
long and dramatic
supernatural
Schubert’s dates
(1797-1828)
“Erlkonig” date
1782
Lieder
Work for solo song and piano accompaniment in which the piano has an active role and become partner to the voice (e.g., Schubert-“Erlkonig”)
Franz Schubert’s nationality
Austrian
Training Schubert received
Trained as a choir boy and trained with Sallierei
Schubert idolized this composer
Beethoven
Number of Lieder composed by Schubert
600
Schumann’s dates
1810-1856
Year of song in Schumann’s life
1840
What was significant about the year of songs for Schumann?
1840
- He composed 138 song (half of his compositional output)
- began his career as a pianist
- became a student of Friedrick Wieck (fell in love with his daughter, Clara, when she was 14)
When did Schumann become the editor of Die Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik
1834
Name of Schumann’s alter egos who wrote for the Die Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik?
- Florestan (firey)
2. Eusebius (sensative)
What was the focus of Die Neue Zetischrift fur Musik?
New journal for music- Critiqued new music and Prompted new composers (e.g., Chopin & Brahms)
What was Schumann’s Father’s profession
Book seller so Schumann’s background was literary
Dichtelieder-Number of songs in
16
Dichtelieder-Poet
Heinrich Heine
Dichtelieder-What is Romantic Irony
Love with a twist
Song cycle
A collection of songs unified by a theme, topic, idea, motive. of individually complete songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a unit.
