Songs of Clara Schumann

Clara Schumann's songs have enduring appeal for performers and audiences, and were influential in the history of art song. This first book-length study of Schumann's distinctive contributions to the genre will enable scholars and music-lovers to more fully appreciate the music of Schumann and other women composers.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Context and Style: 1. Three assumptions; 2. Three hallmarks; Part II. Analysis: 3. Songs without opus numbers; 4. Songs with opus numbers; Epilogue: Clara Schumann and the depths of song; Index.

About the author

Stephen Rodgers is Edmund A. Cykler Chair in Music and Professor of Music Theory and Musicianship at the University of Oregon. His book The Songs of Fanny Hensel was published in 2021. Rodgers recently launched a website called Art Song Augmented, devoted to songs by underrepresented composers, and he hosts a podcast about poetry and song called Resounding Verse.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Rodgers, Stephen (University of Oregon) Rodgers, Rodgers Stephen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781108834254
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83425-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Music in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Romanticism, Music reviews & criticism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Music reviews and criticism, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music