Written in the midst of his fecund year of song 1840, immediately following his longdelayed marriage to clara wieck, it represents the pinnacle of schumanns genius at melding text and musical gesture, harmony and emotion. Often referred to as the year of the song in schumanns life, the year 1840 saw the completion of at least 7 songs, including the famous op. But why arrange the work for orchestra, now, 165 years after it was written. Among these was the intent to achieve a better understand ing. Although many critical debates have been waged about this matter, it is remarkable that it is not the status. I love the simple, inward delivery of seit ich ihn gesehen. Rnjhdwvubgllymugdw5kic1szwjlbiwgt3aundigkfnjahvtyw5ulcbsb2jlcnqp. This has always been the danger of the piece, and the trap for the performer. He is also the author of the genesis of dichterliebe. Selections were set to music as a songcycle by masters of german lied, namely carl loewe.
Analysis of the nineteenthcentury lied of weighting may prove crucial to a characterization of structure. Schumanns compositional process in connection to the marriage of the text, vocal line and piano accompaniment will be discussed and examined. A discussion of robert schumanns compositional process in. First and foremost she characterizes the text in a heartfelt and believable way, sounding very much like the married woman in the poems. The song cycle, frauenliebe undleben, by robert alexander schumann was selected to be performed in recital and for purposes of this recital report. The text of the songs is written from a womans perspective. Sheet music arranged for pianovocal, and singer pro in bb major transposable.
A source study 1976, german lieder in the nineteenth century 1996, revised 2010, and numerous articles on the songs of schumann, schubert, and vaughan. Schumanns impending marriage to clara wieck 18191896 hard won after a long legal battle with her father. The library of congress is hosting the consortium web site which gives bibliographic information on each item. They describe the course of a womans love for her man, from her point of view, from first meeting through marriage to his death, and after. The music treasures consortium is an alliance of many libraries. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Theory and practice in the analysis of the nineteenth. Full text of masters soprano recital and extended program notes see other formats a masters soprano recital and extended program notes by accop miki dawn lynn thompson bachelor of music, kansas state university, 1987 a masters report submitted in partial fulfillment or the requirements for the degree master of music department of music kansas state university manhattan, kansas 1989. In frauenliebe, in contrast to schumanns myrten or liederkreis, the piano part is not arranged in a particularly pianistic way, but contains tonal colours and accents which in some ways might be better realised by an orchestra in any case, i have always heard the orchestra while performing the work. Chamisso wrote frauenliebe undleben in 1830, ten years before schumann set the text. Kristen christopherson a senior thesis submitted in. Schumann wrote more than musical settings of poems in 1840, the year in which he married clara wieck. On the surface, the claims of those who scoff at frauenliebe seem to be true. Full text of masters soprano recital and extended program.
Connected with his oeuvre is the term he coined, poetic music, with which he strove for a fusion of literature and music, a paradigm particularly. Frauenliebe undleben a womans love and life a song cycle by robert schumann 6. The lyrics pale significantly in comparison to other literary works that schumann selected. Pdf sheet music optimized for ipad, tablet and laptop screens. Eight songs for high voice with piano accompaniment. This score is a part of the openscore lieder corpus. When lying in my beloveds arms content, with joyous heart, he, desirous even then, cried out impatient for this day to start.
Be servants to the happy bride who this day will take her vow and place the crown of flowering myrtle on my brow. Stay connected to your students with prezi video, now in microsoft teams. The foregoing may serve as an indication of some of the problems posed by a search for a suitable definition of song. Then there are presented the main tonal characteristics of the songs, the. Seit ich ihn gesehen sheet music composed by robert schumann. What was schumanns reasons for selecting frauenliebe.
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