John Smeed

German and Song 1740 - 1900 (eBook, PDF)

1740 - 1900

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1987, this volume charts the development of German song across a century and a half, relating it both to poetry and to the cultural scene in Germany. The book investigates the relationship between German poets and composers and their native folk tradition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000768565
• Artikelnr.: 58584074

Autorenporträt

J. W. Smeed was Reader in German at the University of Durham, U.K.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Beginnings: 1740-80 2. 'Im Volkston' 3. Switzerland and Austria 4.
Song-Texts in the Latter Part of the Eighteenth Century 5. Composers and
Performers 6. Simplicity as an ideal 7. The New Adventurousness in the Late
Eighteenth Century 8. The Eighteenth Century - A Summing Up 9. From the
turn of the Century to Schumann, Mendelssohn and Franz 10. The Development
Towards Great Complexity 11. Theories of Song and the Ideal of 'Hausmusik'
12. The Importance of Folksong 13. A General Assessment 14. Paths into the
Twentieth Century