| Contents |
Perceptions of Goethe and Schubert -- Goethe the musician? -- Schubert, Goethe and the development of the nineteenth-century Lied -- Schubert's Goethe settings -- The Sturm und Drang years -- Goethe, Schubert and the Greeks -- Lieder from the first Weimar decade -- Songs of the classical years -- Goethe and Schubert's Volkstümliche Lieder -- Goethe, Schubert and the ballad -- Songs from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre: Mignon's Lieder -- Songs from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre: the Harper's Lieder -- Settings from Goethe's dramatic works -- Goethe, Schubert and the sonnet -- Settings from Goethe's West-östlicher Divan -- Goethe, Schubert and the Singspiel -- Goethe, Schubert and the choral tradition -- Chronological order of Goethe's poetry set by Schubert -- Chronological order of Schubert's Goethe settings -- Chart of references for Goethe's poetry set by Schubert -- Chart of references for Schubert's Goethe settings -- First publication of Schubert's Goethe settings -- Chart of comparative settings. |
| Abstract |
The traditional approach to the study of Goethe and Schubert is to place them in opposition to one another, both in terms of their life experiences and in relation to the nineteenth-century Lied. In her introduction to this book, the author examines the myths that have evolved around these artists and challenges the view that Goethe was unmusical and conservative in his musical tastes. She also considers Schubert's life in relation to his obvious affinity with the poet and links the composer's Goethe settings with the poet's perception of the Lied. Goethe judged the success of a setting by whether the meaning of the text had been realised in musical form. In his Goethe settings Schubert translates the poet's meaning into musical terms and his rendition attains the classical unity of words and music that Goethe sought. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-466), discography (pages 467-468), and index. |
| LCCN | 2002028147 |
| ISBN | 0754606953 (alk. paper) |
