Music and Poetry of the German Lied
instructor Dr. Blake Howe [email protected] M&DA 274
meetings Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30‐11:50 M&DA 249
office hour Thursdays, 1:00‐2:00 or by appointment January 11
Introductionto the Analysis of Song
Music Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach,"An Lyda'I (Klopstock) (1775) o Ursula Fledler, soprano, and LorenzoGhielmi,fortepiano
Wolfgang Mozart,"Abendempfindung" (unknown)(1787) o Elly Ameling, soprano, and Dalton Baldwin, piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Edward T. Cone,"Words into Music: The Composer's Approach to the Text," in SoundandPoetry, ed. Northrop Frye, 3‐15 (NewYork: Columbia University Press, 1956).
Raymond Monelle,"Word Setting in the Strophic Lied," Music&Letters65 (1984): 229-36.
Yonatan Malin, Songsin Motion:RhythmandMeterin the GermanLied (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), 3-34. January 16
Music Corona Schréter, 'DerErlkénig‘ (Goethe)(1782) 1. Andrea Melath, mezzo soprano, and Ermese Virag, piano
J.A. P. Schulz, Liederim Voikston (1782)
Johann Friedrich Reichardt,"Erlkénig" (Goethe) (1794) 0 Gerald Finley, baritone, and Grahamjohnson, piano
Carl Friedrich Zelter, “Erlkénig” (Goethe)(1808) 0 Gerald Finley, baritone, and GrahamJohnson, piano
Bernhard Klein, “Der Erlkénig” (Goethe)(pub. 1827)
Historical/Analytical Studies Matthew Head, Sovereign Feminine:MusicandGenderin Eighteenth‑ CentwyGermany(Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013), 123-57. January 18
Music Johann Friedrich Reichardt,'Néhe des Geliebten' (Goethe)(1796)
Carl Friedrich Zelter, “lch denke dein” (Brun)(1795)
Ludwigvan Beethoven,"Andenken" (Matthison) (1809) o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano
Franz Schubert,"Nahe des Geliebten" (Goethe)(1815) I Christoph Prégardien,tenor, and Andreas Staier, piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Walter Frisch,"Schubert's 'Nahe des Geliebten' (D. 162):Transformation of the Volkston,” in Schubert: CriticalandAnaMicaIStudies, ed. Walter Frisch, 175-99(Lincoln and London: Universityof Nebraska Press, 1986). January 23
Music Ludwigvan Beethoven,An die ferne Geliebte (leitteles)(1816) o Gerhard Hiisch, baritone, and Hanns Udo Miiller, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies Joseph Kerman,"An die ferne Geliebte," in Wn'te AllThese Down:Essays on MusidBerkeley, LosAngeles, London: University of California Press, 1994), 1 73-206. January 25
Music Franz Schubert,'Ganymed' (Goethe) (1817) o Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano,and Edwin Fischer, piano
Franz Schubert,"Prometheus” (Goethe)(1819) o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Benjamin Britten,piano
Franz Schubert,"Wandrers Nachtlied ll”(Goethe)(1822) o Hans Hotter, bass-baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies jfirgen Thym and Ann C.Fehn, “Schubert’s Strategies in Setting FreeVerse," in OfPoetryandSong:Approaches to the Nineteenth-CenturyLied, ed. jurgen Thym, 261-80 (Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2010). January 30
Music Franz Schubert, 'DerZwerg' (Collin)(1823) o Jessye Norman,soprano, and Phillip Moore,piano
Franz Schubert,"Nacht undTraume" (Collin)(1823) e Leo Slezak, tenor, and Michael Raucheisen, piano 0 Ann Murray, mezzo soprano, and GrahamJohnson, piano
Franz Schubert,"Wehmut" (Collin)(1823) o Christa Ludwig, mezzo soprano, and IrwinGage, piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Susan Youens, Schubert’s LateLieder:Beyondthe Song-Cycles (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), 1-92. February 1
Music Franz Schubert,"Trockne Blumen'(Muller)(1823) 0 Michael Schade, tenor, and Malcolm Martineau,piano
Ludwig Berger, "Mfillers trockne Blumen” (Mfiller) (1818) 0 Mark Padmore, tenor, and GrahamJohnson, piano
Franz Schubert, Dieschéne Mullerin(MOIIer) (1823) 0 PeterSchreier, tenor, and Walter Olbertz, piano
Franz Schubert, Variations on "Trockne Blumen" for Flute and Piano (1824) o Barthold Kuijken,transverse flute, and Luc Devos, pianoforte
Historical/Analytical Studies Susan Youens, Schubert:”Dieschdne Mullen'nflCambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), 1-30. February 6
Music Franz Schubert. 'IhrBild'(Heine) (1828) o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Aribert Reimann, piano
Franz Schubert,"Am Meer"(Heine) (1828) o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Aribert Reimann, piano
Franz Schubert,"Die Stadt" (Heine)(1828) o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Aribert Reimann, piano
Franz Schubert, "Der Doppelgénger" (Heine) (1828) o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Aribert Reimann, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies joseph Kerman,"A Romantic Detail in Schubert's Schwanengesang," in Schubert: Critical andAnalytical Studies, ed. Walter Frisch,48-64 (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1986). February 8
Music Carl Loewe,'Erlkénig'(Goethe)(1818) - Hermann Prey, baritone, and GiintherWeissenborn, piano
Franz Schubert,"Erlkénig" (Goethe) (1815) 0 Alexander Kipnis, bass-baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano 0 MarianAnderson, contralto, and Franz Rupp, piano 0 Christine Schafer, soprano;John Mark Ainsley, tenor; Michael George, bass-baritone; and Grahamjohnson, piano
Carl Loewe,"Edward"(Herder)(1818) o Hans Hotter, bass-baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano
Carl Loewe,"Herr OluF' (Herder)(1818) o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, andJorg Demus, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies Christopher Gibbs,"‘Kommgeh' mit mir': Schubert's Uncanny Erlkénig" 19th-CenturyMusic19 (1995): 115-35. February 15
Music Felix Mendelssohn, Lied ohne Worte, Op- 30, No-2 (1833) o Annette Seller, fortepiano
Wilhelm Taubert, An die Geliebte:AchtMinne‐lieder, No.S(Goethe)(1834)
Fanny Hensel,"Lied," Op. 8, No.3 (Lenau)(1840) o Elzbieta Sternlicht, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies Elfriede Glusman, ”l'aubert and Mendelssohn: OpposingAttitudes toward Poetry and Music," The MusicalQuarterly57 (1971): 628-35. February 20
Music Fanny Hensel,'ImHerbste'(Geibel)(1846) o Lauralyn Kolb, soprano, and Arlene Shrut, piano
Fanny Hensel,"Verlust" (Heine) (1827) 0 Barbara Bonney, soprano, and Geoffrey Parsons,piano
Fanny Hensel,"Die friihen Graber"(Klopstock) (1828) o Susana Gaspar, soprano, and Malcolm Martineau,piano
Fanny Hensel,"Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh” (Goethe)(1835) o Tobias Berndt, baritone, andAlexander Fleischer, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies Stephen Rodgers, "Fanny Hensel's Lied Aesthetic,"journalof Musicological Research30 (2011): 175-201. February 22
Music Josephine Lang,'Obich manchmal dein gedenke?’ (Kostlin)(1841) o Heike Hallaschka, soprano, and Heidi Kommerell, piano
Josephine Lang,“0 sehntest du dich so nach mir"(Kostlin)(1840) o Heike Hallaschka, soprano, and Heidi Kommerell, piano
Josephine Lang,“Aufdem See in tausend Sterne” (Kostlin) (1841) o Heike Hallaschka, soprano, and Heidi Kommerell, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies Harald Krebs and Sharon Krebs,josephine Lang:HerLifeandSongs (Oxford and NewYork: Oxford University Press, 2007), 73-114. February 27
Music Robert Schumann, 'Mondnacht'(Eichendorfi)(1840) o Elisabeth Schumann, soprano, and KarlAlwin, piano 0 Elly Ameling, soprano, andJérg Demus, piano
Robert Schumann, Liederkreis, Op. 39 (Eichendorff)(1840) o Matthias Goerne, piano, and Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies Jilrgen Thym, "A Cycle in Flux: Schumann's Eichendorff Liederkreis," in Of PoetryandSong:Approaches to the Nineteenth-CenturyLied, ed.jfirgen Thym (Rochester: University of Rochester Press,2010), 375-89. March 1
Music Robert Schumann, 'SfiBer Freund'(Chamisso) (1840) o Lotte Lehmann, soprano, and BrunoWalter, piano 0 Lucia Popp, soprano, and Geoffrey Parsons, piano 0 Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano, and Bengt Forsberg, piano
Carl Loewe,”SGBer Freund" (Chamisso)(1836) o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Cord Garben, piano
Robert Schumann, Frauenliebe und‐Ieben(Chamisso) (1840) o Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo soprano, andjulius Drake, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies Kristina Muxfeldt,"Frauenfiebe und‐Ieben Nowand Then," 19th-Century Music25 (2001)227‐48. March 6
Music Robert Schumann, 'lmRhein, im heil'gen Strome'(Heine)(1840) 0 Fritz Wunderlich, tenor, and Hubert Giesen, piano
Robert Schumann, Dichterliebe(Heine)(1840) o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Christoph Eschenbach, piano
Robert Franz, “Aus meinen grol3en Schmerzen" (Heine)(1846) o Elisabeth Schumann, soprano, and George Schick, piano
Robert Franz,“Im Rhein im heil'gen Strome"(Heine)(1860) 0 Robin Tritschler, tenor, and GrahamJohnson, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies BeateJulia Perry, Schumann's ”Dichterliebe”andEarlyRomanticPoets: Fragmentation of Desire(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,2002). March 8
Music Clara Schumann, 'Lorelei'(Heine)(1843) 0 Barbara Bonney, soprano, andVladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Friedrich Silcher,"Lorelei" (Heine)(1838)
Franz Liszt, "Die Loreley" (Heine)(1856) 0 Margaret Price, soprano, andJames Lockhart, piano
Ingeborg Bronsartvon Schellendorf, “Die LoreleY' (Heine) (1865)
Historical/Analytical Studies Annegret Fauser,”Rheinsirenen: Loreley and Other Rhine Maidens,"in Musicof the Sirens, ed. Linda Phyllis Austern and Inna Naroditskaya, 250‑ 72 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006). March 13
Music Clara Schumann, 'Eristgekommen' (Rfickert)(1841) 0 Barbara Bonney, soprano, andVladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Clara Schumann, ”Liebst du um Schonheit" (Rackert)(1841) 0 Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone, and Imogen Cooper, piano
Clara Schumann, "Warumwillst du Andre fragen" (Rfickert)(1841) 0 Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano, and Héléne Grimaud, piano
Robert Schumann, "Rose, Meer und Sonne” (Ruckert)(1841) o Olaf Bar, baritone, and Helmut Deutsch, piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Rufus Hallmark,"The Ruckert Lieder of Robert and Clara Schumann," 19th‑ CenturyMusic14(1990): 3-30. March 15
Music Peter Cornelius, 'EinTon' (Cornelius)(1854) o Felicity Lott, soprano, and GrahamJohnson, piano
Peter Cornelius, Trauer undTrost(Cornelius) (1854) 0 Margaret Price, mezzo soprano, and Grahamjohnson, piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Michael Baker, "Voice-Leading Issues in Cornelius's 'Ein Ton,” Dutchjoumai of Music Theory 16 (2011):124-40. March 20
Music Franz Liszt,'Vergiftet sind meine Lieder' (Heine)(1844,rev- 1860) 0 Thomas Hampson, baritone, and Geoffrey Parsons, piano
Franz Liszt, ”Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen" (Heine) (1849, rev. 1849-80) 0 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Daniel Barenboim, piano
Franz Liszt, ”Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam” (twoversions: 5. 309/1 and 309/2) (Heine) (1845-60) 0 Mitsuko Shirai, mezzo soprano, and Hartmut H6ll,piano (firstversion) o Hermann Prey, baritone, and Alexis Weissenberg, piano (second version)
HistoricallAnalytical Studies SusanYouens, ”Heine, Liszt,and the Song of the Future,” in FranzLisztand His Worid, ed. Christopher H.Gibbs and Dana Gooley, 39-69 (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2006). March 22
Music Johannes Brahms,'lnstiller Nacht'(1894) o Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano, and Gerald Moore,piano o Lucia Popp, soprano, and Geoffrey Parsons, piano 0 RIAS Kammerchor, conducted by Marcus Creed
Johannes Brahms,"Wiegenlied" (DesKnaben Wunderhom) (1868) 0 Elena Gerhardt, mezzo soprano, andArthur Nikisch, piano
Johannes Brahms,"Vergangen ist mirGluck und Heil” (1874) 0 Andreas Schmidt, baritone, and Helmut Deutsch, piano 0 RIAS Kammerchor, conducted by Marcus Creed
Johannes Brahms,"Da unten im Tale" (1894) o Elly Ameling, soprano, and Dalton Baldwin, piano
Historical/Analytical Studies George Bozarth, ”The Origin of Brahms’s 'lnstiller Nacht,” Notes53 (1996): 363-80. April 3
Music Johannes Brahms,'MitvierzigJahren istder Bergerstiegen' (Rfickert)(1882) 0 Thomas Quasthoff, baritone, andJustus Zeyen, piano
Johannes Brahms,"Wie bist du, meine Kénigin"(Daumer)(1864) 0 Alexander Kipnis, bass-baritone, and ErnstWctor Wolff, piano
Johannes Brahms,"Regenlied" (Groth)(1870) o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, andJérg Demus, piano
Johannes Brahms,"Nachklang" (Groth)(1870) o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, andJorg Demus, piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Heather Platt,”Jenner versus Wolf: The Critical Reception of Brahms's Songs," ThejournalofMusicalogy13 (1995): 377-403. April 5
Music HugoWolf, 'Aufdem grfinen Balkon'(GeibellHeyse) (1889) 0 Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone, and Russell Ryan, piano
Peter Cornelius, ”Preziosas Sprflchlein gegen Kopfweh"(Geibel/Heyse) (1 854) 0 Christina Landshamer, soprano, and Matthias Veit, piano
AdolfJensen, "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch" (GeibellHeyse) (1860) o Georgina Resick, soprano, and Warren Jones, piano
Johannes Brahms,"Geistliches Wiegenlied” (GeibellHeyse) (1884) o janet Baker, mezzo soprano; Cecil Aronowitz, viola; and André Previn, piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Susan Youens, Hugo Wolf? The Vocal Music (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992), 197-257. April 10
Music HugoWolf, 'Ganymed'(Goethe)(1889) 0 John McCormack, tenor, and Edwin Schneider, piano
Hugo Wolf, ”Der Feuerreiter”(Morike)(1888) o Helge Rosvaenge,tenor,and Gerald Moore,piano 0 Stephan Genz, baritone, and Roger Vignoles, piano
Hugo Wolf, ”Prometheus” (Goethe)(1889) o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Edward F. Kravitt, The Lied:Mirrorof LateRomanticism(NewHaven and London:Yale University Press, 1996),51-74. April 12
Music HugoWolf, 'Nimmersatte Liebe'(Morike)(1888) I Lucia Popp, soprano, and Gerald Moore,piano
HugoWolf, ”Der Gértner"(Morike) (1888) o Irmgard Seefried, mezzo soprano, and Vlktor Graef, piano
HugoWolf, ”Verborgenheit” (M6rike) (1888) 0 Elena Gerhardt, mezzo soprano, and Coenraad V. 805, piano 0 Kathleen Ferrier,contralto, and Phyllis Spurr, piano
HugoWolf, ”Auf ein altes Bild" (Morike)(1888) o Herbertjanssen, baritone, and Coenraad V. 805, piano 0 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Sviatoslav Richter,piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Susan Youens, Hugo WolfandhisM6rikeSongs(Cambridge and NewYork: Cambridge University Press, 2000), 1-17. April 17
Music Gustav Mahler,“Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt' (Des Knaben Wunderharn) (1893) o Hermann Prey, baritone, and Michael Krist, piano
Gustav Mahler,“Urlicht” (DesKnaben Wunderhom) (1893) 0 Thomas Hampson, baritone, and Geoffrey Parsons, piano
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.2 (1895) 0 San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, featuring Lorraine HuntLieberson, mezzo soprano
Historical/Analytical Studies Raymond Knapp, SymphonicMetamorphoses:SubjectivityandAlienation in Mahler’s Re‐CycledSongstMiddletown, (.T:Wesleyan University Press, 2003), 71-1 20. April 19
Music Gustav Mahler,'Ich bin derWelt abhanden gekommen' (Ruckert) (1901) o janet Baker, mezzo soprano, and the NewPhilharmonia Orchestra, conducted byJohn Barbirolli
Gustav Mahler,“Liebst du um Schonheit” (Rilckert)(1901) 0 Thomas Hampson, baritone, and the Wenna Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Gustav Mahler,"Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder“ (Riickert) (1901) :- Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and the Deutsches Symphonie‑ Orchester Berlin, conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Historical/Analytical Studies Camilla Bork,"Musical Lyricism as Self-Exploration: Reflections on Mahler's ‘lch bin derWelt abhanden gekommen,” trans. IreneZedlacher, in Mahler andHisWorld, ed. Karen Painter, 159-72 (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2002). April 24
Music Alban Berg,'Schlafendtrégt man mich in mein Heimatland' (Mombert)(1910) o Mitsuko Shirai, mezzo soprano, and Hartmut H6II, piano
Alban Berg, Vier Lieder,Op. 2 (Hebbel & Mombert)(1910) o Mitsuko Shirai, mezzo soprano, and Hartmut H6II, piano
HistoricallAnalytical Studies Magnar Breivik,"The Representation of Sleep and Death in Berg's Piano Songs, op. 2,” in EncryptedMessagesin Alban Berg’sMusic, ed. Siglind Bruhn, 109-35 (NewYork: Garland, 1998). April 26
Music Richard Strauss,'ImAbendrot' (Eichendorfi)(1948) o Lucia Popp, soprano, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Klaus Tennstedt
Richard Strauss, Wer letzteLieder(Eichendorff8:Hesse)(1948‐49) o Elisabeth Grummer,soprano, and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Richard Kraus
Historical/Analytical Studies Aubrey S.Garlington,]r., “Richard Strauss's Vier IetzteLieder:The Ultimate Opus ultimum,” The MusicalQuarterly73 (1989): 79-93..