Singing Schumann: An Interpretive Guide for Performers
- Author: Miller, Richard
[an] invaluable study....As a keen-eared musical and literary critic, writing confidently yet undogmatically in lithe prose, Miller will be enjoyed every bit as much by the listener...as by...
Singing Schumann: An Interpretive Guide for Performers
- Author: Miller, Richard
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[an] invaluable study....As a keen-eared musical and literary critic, writing confidently yet undogmatically in lithe prose, Miller will be enjoyed every bit as much by the listener...as by...
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To restrict performance of Schumann's Lieder to the "familiar forty" is to deny a major reservoir of superior song. Richard Miller not only reconsiders his early songs, but takes an in-depth look at the middle and late Lieder, giving them new life as exciting performance vehicles. Offering the same readability and insight in these pages that distinguished his On the Art of Singing (OUP 1996), Miller presents a practical manual to help singers and pianists bring Schumann's Lieder to life.
Contents
- Why This Book Was Written
- 1 Robert Schumann as Song Composer
- 2 Performance Practices in the Schumann Lieder
- 3 Liederkreis (Heine), Opus 24
- 4 Myrten, Opus 25
- 5 Kerner Lieder, Opus 35
- 6 Reinick Lieder, Opus 36
- 7 Ruckert Lieder (Zwolf Gedichte aus Liebesfruhling), Opus 37
- 8 Liederkries (Eichendorff), Opus 39
- 9 Funf Lieder (Andersen and Chamisso), Opus 40
- 10 Frauenliebe and -leben, (Chamisso), Opus 42
- 11 Dichterliebe (Heine), Opus 48
- 12 Opus 45 and Opus 57
- 13 Opus 53
- 14 Some Other Early Lieder: Opuses 27, 30, 31, 49
- 15 Opus 127 and Opus 142
- 16 Opus 51
- 17 Opus 64
- 18 Opus 77
- 19 Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Opus 79
- 20 Opus 83 and Opus 87
- 21 Sechs Gesange, Opus 89 (von der Neun), and Opus 90 (Lenau)
- 22 Drei Gesange (Byron), Opus 95, and Opus 96
- 23 Lieder and Gesange aus Wilhelm Meister (Goethe), Opus 98a
- 24 Sieben Lieder (Kulmann), Opus 104, Opus 107, and Vier Husarenlieder (Lenau), Opus 117
- 25 Opus 119, Opus 125, and Maria Stuart Lieder, Opus 135
- 26 Solos and Duets from the Ensemble Collections: Opuses 29, 34, 37, 43, 74, 78, 79, 101, 103, 112, 138
- 27 Provenzalisches Lied, #4, Ballade, #7, Opus 139, and Der Contrabandiste, Opus 74, App.
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[an] invaluable study....As a keen-eared musical and literary critic, writing confidently yet undogmatically in lithe prose, Miller will be enjoyed every bit as much by the listener...as by the performer....[a] refreshing, demanding and often compelling study
