Read more
Informationen zum Autor Lauri Suurpää Klappentext Lauri Suurp¿is Professor of Music Theory at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. "Death in 'Winterreise' brings a fresh new perspective on the expressive power of Schubert's great cycle. Suurpaa negotiates skillfully between larger contexts and individual details. Neither imposing nor ignoring its cyclic aspects, he allows the inexorable trajectory of the latter part of these winter songs to tell its own narrative and musical story." - Frank Samarotto, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Zusammenfassung Brings new insights to the study of text-music relationships and the song cycle. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Note on the Translations of the Poems Part I: Background 1. Genesis and Narrative of Winterreise 2. Winterreise in Context 3. Text-Music Relationships: Five Propositions 4. Musico-Poetic Associations: Principles of Analysis Part II: Songs 5. The Emergence of Death as a Positive Option: "Der greise Kopf" 6. Death Contemplated: "Die Krähe" 7. From Hope for the Past to Hope for the Future: "Letzte Hoffnung" 8. Reflecting Lost Hope: "Im Dorfe," "Der stürmische Morgen," and "Täuschung" 9. Choosing Death: "Der Wegweiser" 10. Death Eludes the Wanderer: "Das Wirtshaus" 11. Reflecting on the Inability to Find Death: "Mut," "Die Nebensonnen," and "Der Leiermann" Part III: Cycle 12. The Song Cycle as a Genre: Some Recent Views 13. Winterreise as a Cycle 14. Epilogue: The Meaning of Death in Winterreise Notes References Index
