The Songs of Hugo Wolf

Informationen zum Autor Eric Sams (1926-2004) was exceptional both as a musicologist, specialising in German lieder, and as a Shakespeare scholar. His fascination with lieder was first inspired by hearing recordings of Hugo Wolf songs in the collection of one of his schoolmasters. He had an exceptional gift for quoting at length the texts of almost of any verse, including the complete works of Shakespeare. He studied modern languages at Cambridge and then joined the Civil Service. He became a highly respected music critic, with a witty and allusive style, reviewing regularly for, among others, the Times Literary Supplement . He wrote several books, and specialized in the relationship between music and language, particularly the text settings of the Romantic song composers. Klappentext Focuses on the 242 published songs that Wolf wrote for voice and piano and discusses the Ibsen songs for voice and orchestra. This book provides translations and backgrounds to the original poems by Morike! Eichendorff and Goethe! and explores the Italian and Spanish sources from which the songbooks were drawn. Zusammenfassung With a foreword by the legendary accompanist, Gerald Moore, Eric Sams' study (Faber 1961, revised 1983) is a notable landmark in the establishment of Wolf as one of the supreme masters of German song.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Sams, Sams Eric
• Assisted by: Eric Sams (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2008
• EAN: 9780571242191
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24219-1
• No. of pages: 414
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Music; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Music: styles and genres, Composers; Faber Finds; Musicians; Song writing