Lauri Suurpaa

Death in Winterreise

Musico-Poetic Associations in Schubert's Song Cycle

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Produktbeschreibung

Brings new insights to the study of text-music relationships and the song cycle.

Produktdetails

• Musical Meaning and Interpretation
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9780253011008
• ISBN-10: 0253011000
• Artikelnr.: 37039893

Autorenporträt

Lauri Suurpää is Professor of Music Theory at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on the Translations of the Poems
Part I: Background
1. Genesis and Narrative of Winterreise
2. Winterreise in Context
3. Text-Music Relationships: Five Propositions
4. Musico-Poetic Associations: Principles of Analysis
Part II: Songs
5. The Emergence of Death as a Positive Option: "Der greise Kopf"
6. Death Contemplated: "Die Krähe"
7. From Hope for the Past to Hope for the Future: "Letzte Hoffnung"
8. Reflecting Lost Hope: "Im Dorfe," "Der stürmische Morgen," and
"Täuschung"
9. Choosing Death: "Der Wegweiser"
10. Death Eludes the Wanderer: "Das Wirtshaus"
11. Reflecting on the Inability to Find Death: "Mut," "Die Nebensonnen,"
and "Der Leiermann"
Part III: Cycle
12. The Song Cycle as a Genre: Some Recent Views
13. Winterreise as a Cycle
14. Epilogue: The Meaning of Death in Winterreise
Notes
References
Index