| Contents |
Poetry and music -- Politics and poetry -- The piano -- Composers, performers, and performances -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Franz Schubert -- Robert Schumann -- Women musicians in nineteenth-century society -- Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel -- Felix Mendelssohn -- The supporting cast -- Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner -- Johannes Brahms -- Hugo Wolf -- The end of an era: Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss -- Appendix 1: Chronology ; Appendix 2: Performance editions of songs by lesser-known composers ; Appendix 3: Program planning. |
| Abstract |
The development of the piano, together with changes in culture and society, led to the transformation of song into a major musical genre. This study of the great lieder of 19th-century composers Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Hugo Wolf also includes lesser-known composers, such as Louis Spohr and Robert Franz, plus significant contributions from women composers and performers. |
| Local note | Little-325816--305131025832X |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Other title | 19th-century German lied. |
| LCCN | 92037138 |
| ISBN | 0931340594 |
