A Comparative Analysis of Selected Goethe Lieder by Schubert and Wolf

Of all the composers of German Lied, Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf can be considered the true giants of this musical form. Schubert's position is secure as the greatest composer of the Lied. Wolf, though challenging Schubert in this particular idiom only, brought the Lied to its culmination. This study will show, by comparative analysis, the respective treatment by Fr anz Schubert and Hugo Wolf of selected poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Though Schubert composed some seventy songs (not including multiple settings of the same text), and Wolf fifty-one, based on the poetry of Goethe, they shared only thirteen of these poems in common. Four songs by each composer have been selected for detailed analysis.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc798457
Date01 1900
CreatorsHam, Harry C.
ContributorsBaird, Edward A.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatviii, 185 leaves : music, Text
RightsPublic, Ham, Harry C., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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