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The Mignon Song Settings of Robert Schumann and Hugo Wolf

The poems of Mignon have inspired song writers for almost two centuries. They have served as the texts for more composers than almost any other single set of poetry. The Romantic composers were especially fond of the words.
The poems are full of sadness and yearning and composers found they could be set in different moods. Some settings are in major tonalities while other settings of the same poem can be found in minor. Simple harmonies are used in some settings while others contain more complex harmonies. There are those composers who would have Mignon appear as a lost soul throughout all the poems with each song quietly sung, while others use a variety of dynamics adding drama to the setting and picturing Mignon as full of optimism at the end.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663461
Date08 1900
CreatorsCrenshaw, Patricia Sam
ContributorsBaird, Edward A., Farish, Stephen
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 134 leaves : illustrations, Text
RightsPublic, Crenshaw, Patricia Sam, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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