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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Music 111 W12D1
Subject
- Schubert and the Early Romantic Lied
• tons of romantic composers
- all test rules and break them
- strophic same song different lyrics
- through-composed
• all new no repeats
- modified strophic
• in between the two
• song cycles
- many songs put together songs, poems, and themes
• original albums
• The Lied
- German Art song
• artistic text that can mean many things
• collaboration
• not a song for voice
• piano equal to singer
- German text
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- voice and poem
- Franz Schubert
- Robert Schumann
- Hugo Wolf
- Fanny Meldelssonhn Hensel
- Clara schumann
- Johannes Brahms
- Schubert
• Vienna born
• early music prowess
• socially shy
• gifted songwriter
• home and salon concerts
• regional fame
• death at 31 from syphilis
• likes small groups of players
• classical and romantic traits
• 600+ songs
• harmonic and lyrical piano
• Piano establishes atmosphere
• ElfKing
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- Four characters: Narrator, Father, Son, Elfking
- child dies in the story
- very dark
• minor key
- singer holds a serious face
• except when elf king sings
• themes in the song cycles
- very thoughtful and artistic
- Chopin
• modern concert grand piano
• dedicates everything to piano
• compositions for piano
• Steinway
• home use of the piano
- mechanical action hammer hitting string
• before couldn't hit the string to fast
- technical improvements
- Short Lyric piano piece
• Schubert, Chopin, Hensel, Schumann
- Chopin and Piano Music
• 1810-1849
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• composer and pianist
• composer and painist
• career in Paris
• early death at 39
- Ch 32 not needed for exam
- European traditions came to America
• blended with Native music and culture
- Foster and Early “Popular” song
- High Arts
- 19th center no clear split between classical and popular
• blended to traditions on his parlor songs “folk songs”
• designed for amateur performance or parlors
- Steven Forster
• born outside of Pittsburg
• composed for Christy Minstrels
• first to live as professional song writer
• died a penniless alcoholic
• many folk songs
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