| Series |
Historical performance
Historical performance. ^A1410860
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| Contents |
Safeguarding the self -- Breathing subjectivity -- Serious play in the salon -- The poetic public sphere -- Lieder in an aria's clothing -- Mignon as public property. |
| Abstract |
The German lied, or art song, is considered one of the most intimate of all musical genres--often focused on the poetic speaker's inner world and best suited for private and semi-private performance in the home or salon. Yet, problematically, any sense of inwardness in lieder depends on outward expression through performance. With this paradox at its heart, the author explores the relationships between early nineteenth-century theories of the inward self, the performance practices surrounding inward lyric poetry and song, and the larger conventions determining the place of intimate poetry and song in the public concert hall. Jennifer Ronyak studies the cultural practices surrounding lieder performances in northern and central Germany in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, demonstrating how presentations of lieder during the formative years of the genre put pressure on their sense of interiority. She examines how musicians responded to public concern that outward expression would leave the interiority of the poet, the song, or the performer unguarded and susceptible to danger. Through this rich performative paradox Ronyak reveals how a song maintains its powerful intimacy even during its inherently public performance. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| LCCN | 2018019395 |
| ISBN | 9780253035776 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0253035775 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9780253035769 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0253035767 paperback ; alkaline paper |
