The Cambridge companion to the Lied

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In essays by eminent scholars, this companion places the Lied in its full context - at once musical, literary, and cultural - with chapters devoted to focal composers as well as important issues, such as the way in which the Lied influenced other musical genres. Notes on the contributors Acknowledgments The Lied in context: a chronology Names and dates mentioned in this Volume Part I. Introducing a Genre: 'Introduction: Why the Lied?' James Parsons: 1. 'In the beginning was poetry' Jane Brown Part II. The Birth and Early History of a Genre in the Age of Enlightenment: 2. The eighteenth-century Lied James Parsons 3. The Lieder of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven Amanda Glauert Part III. The Nineteenth Century: Issues of Style and Development: 4. The Lieder of Schubert Marie-Agnes Dittrich 5. The early nineteenth-century song cycle Ruth O. Bingham 6. Schumann: reconfiguring the Lied Jurgen Thym 7. The Lied at mid-century James Deaville 8. The Lieder of Liszt Rena Charnin Mueller 9. The Lieder of Brahms Heather Platt 10. Tradition and innovation: the Lieder of Hugo Wolf Susan Youens 11. Song beyond song: instrumental transformations and adaptations of the Lied from Schubert to Mahler Christopher H. Gibbs Part IV. Into the Twentieth Century: 12. The Lieder of Mahler and Richard Strauss James L. Zychowicz 13. The Lied in the modern age: to mid century James Parsons Part V. Reception and Performance: 14. The circulation of the Lied: the double life of an artwork and a commodity David Gramit 15. The Lied in performance Graham Johnson A guide to suggested further reading Index.