Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 2012-12-07 Schumann's Op. 25: Finding the Narrative Within Renee Danielle Gaarder Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Music Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Gaarder, Renee Danielle, "Schumann's Op. 25: Finding the Narrative Within" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 3438. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3438 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Schumann’s Op. 25: Finding the Narrative Within Renée Danielle Gaarder A thesis submitted to the faculty of Brigham Young University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Stephan Lindeman, Chair Brian Harker Steven Johnson School of Music Brigham Young University November 2012 Copyright © 2012 Renée Danielle Gaarder All Rights Reserved ABSTRACT Schumann’s Op. 25: Finding the Narrative Within Renée Danielle Gaarder School of Music, BYU Master of Arts Many of the song cycles written by Schumann have been studied over the years and it is well known that his most prolific time of song production was the year 1840. Myrthen, Op. 25, has been studied less than some of his other cycles because it calls into question the modern view of the song cycle and for this reason is difficult to classify. What is most difficult about the classification of Op. 25 is that there is no immediately apparent narrative.