Gustav Djupsjöbacka

The Songs of Jean Sibelius (eBook, PDF)

Poetry, Music, Performance

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A landmark in Sibelius scholarship, this is the first book that presents all of Sibelius's solo art songs in their musical and aesthetic context. Indispensable for scholars and performers alike.

This is the first book to discuss the complete solo art songs of Jean Sibelius and to locate them in their musical, literary and artistic context. The book is organized around the poets Sibelius set to music and the literary themes associated with them, thus providing invaluable information for the scholar, student and performer. The musical and aesthetic contextualisation of the songs will help to enable new interpretations on the performance stage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781805431060
• Artikelnr.: 69216400

Autorenporträt

Gustav Djupsjöbacka

Inhaltsangabe

1. Wrestling with the text 2. Sibelius and the poems of the idealistic
realist Runeberg 3. Idle wishes and summer nights 4. Diamonds and tears -
Runeberg's contemporaries in Finland 5. Longing for the eternal -
19th-century poets from Sweden 6. Realism and emerging symbolism 7. Solace
of the harp, song to my tongue - other 19th -century poets in Sweden 8.
Rapid riders and hoodwinked women 9. Betrayal, urbanity and decadence 10.
O, kämst du doch! 11. A last Kalevala excursion Appendix List of Sibelius's
songs by opus number Alphabetical list of Sibelius's songs without opus
numbers Alphabetical list of Sibelius's songs by English title Alphabetical
list of Sibelius's poets Text of the two lost songs, op. 72 nos. 1 and 2
Text to the melodrama Ett ensamt skidspår (Gripenberg) Bibliography