Schumann Flashcards
What was he?
He was the first true romantic composer
What did he have?
Turbulent personally combined with later mental instability
Who did he love?
Clara Wieck
What did he pick up on?
Picked up on what Schubert and Beethoven started, with respect to song cycles
What was Schumann’s song cycle called?
Dichterliebe
When was it composed?
Composed in 1840
What does song 1 begin in?
E minor
Tonality?
Ambiguous tonality
Opening arpeggio?
Based around chord IV, with augmented 5th
Then?
Unresolved chord V7 in bar 2
Suspensions?
Bar 12
Vocal phrases?
Are short and may sound unresolved
At the end of the song 1?
Remains unfinished for sense of continuity, resolves in the first chord of the next song
Next good song?
Song 6 - Im Rhine
About?
River Rhine - flowing song
What’s represents what?
Octave pedal notes at the beginning represent organ in a cathedral
Bass?
Doubles vocals lines bars 1-8
Step?
Wise movement
Moderate?
Tessitura
Instrumental use?
Lowest possible range
Tonality?
Obvious D minor tonality
Lower?
Vocal range