Women and the nineteenth-century Lied

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ML1605 .W66 2015
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Summary

This book bridges a gap in existing scholarship by foregrounding the contribution of women to the nineteenth-century Lied. Building on the pioneering work of scholars in recent years, it consolidates recent research on women's achievements in the genre, and develops an alternative narrative of the Lied that embraces an understanding of the contributions of women, and of the contexts of their engagement with German song and related genres. Lieder composers including Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, Pauline Viardot-Garcia and Josephine Lang are considered with a stimulating variety of analytical approaches. In addition to the focus on composers associated with history and theory of the Lied, the various chapters explore the cultural and sociological background to the Lied's musical environment, as well as engaging with gender studies and discussing performance and pedagogical contexts. The range of subject matter reflects the interdisciplinary nature of current research in the field, and the energy it generates among scholars and performers. Women and the Nineteenth-Century Lied aims to widen readers' perception of the genre and help promote awareness of women's contribution to nineteenth-century musical life through critical appraisal of the cultural context of the Lied, encouraging acquaintance with the voices of women composers, and the variety of their contributions to the repertoire.

Contents

Introduction / Aisling Kenny and Susan Wollenberg -- Part I. Contexts for women's Lieder, I -- Blurring the gendered dichotomies: issues of gender and creativity for the female Lied composer / Aisling Kenny -- Absence and dialogue: Pauline von Decker in a performing and cultural context / Briony Cox-Williams -- In pursuit of a single flame: Fanny Hensel's 'musical salon' / Lorraine Byrne Bodley -- Part II. Individual composers and their Lieder. I: Early nineteenth century -- 'Der Jüngling und das Mädchen': Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn and the Zwölf Lieder, op. 9 / Angela Mace Christian -- Functions of piano introductions in the Lieder of Josephine Lang / Harald Krebs -- Clara Schumann's 'Liebst du um Schönheit' and the integrity of a composer's vision / Susan Wollenberg -- Part III. Individual composers and their Lieder. II. Later nineteenth century -- Pauline Viardot-Garcia's 'Ne poj, krasavica, pri mne' and the genre of Russian romance / Kadja Grönke -- (Re)claiming space for Ingeborg von Bronsart's Wildenbruch Lieder, op. 16 / Melinda Boyd -- Cyclic organization, narrative and self-construction in Ethel Smyth's Lieder und Balladen, op. 3 and Lieder, op. 4 / Cornelia Bartsch -- Contrasting concepts of love in two songs by Alma Schindler(-Mahler) and Gustav Mahler / Kadja Grönke -- Part IV. Contexts for women's Lieder, II -- 'Und das hat mit ihrem Singen, Die Lore-Ley gethan': subjectivity and objectification in two Heine settings / Caitlin Miller -- Echoes of the Lied: women's vocal repertoire in nineteenth-century Ireland / Ita Beausang -- Women composers of Lieder: selected sources / Tammy Hensrud, Aisling Kenny and Susan Wollenberg.

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