Schubert's Late Lieder Beyond the Song-Cycles [Hardcover]

A study of songs composed by Schubert in the final six years of his life.Schuberts Late Lieder is a study of selected songs for voice and piano composed by Schubert between 1822 and his death on 19 November 1928. Circa late 1822, Schubert was diagnosed with syphilis, and many of the songs discussed in this book were written under the seal of impending death. It is possible to locate in these songs a late song style, full of elegiac references to Schuberts other death-haunted works and marked by distinctive variation techniques. Youens also introduces six of the poets whose texts Schubert set to music.Schuberts Late Lieder is a study of selected songs for voice and piano composed by Schubert between 1822 and his death on 19 November 1928. Circa late 1822, Schubert was diagnosed with syphilis, and many of the songs discussed in this book were written under the seal of impending death. It is possible to locate in these songs a late song style, full of elegiac references to Schuberts other death-haunted works and marked by distinctive variation techniques. Youens also introduces six of the poets whose texts Schubert set to music.This study includes selected songs for voice and piano composed by Schubert between 1822 and his death on November 19, 1828. Schubert was diagnosed with syphilis circa late 1822, and many of the songs discussed were written with his knowledge of impending death. It is possible to discover within them a late song style, full of elegiac references to Schubert's other death-haunted works and marked by distinctive variation techniques. Youens also introduces six of the poets whose texts were set to music by Schubert.List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgments; 1. Of dwarfs, perversion, and patriotism: Schubert and Matth?us von Collin; 2. Ego, Ehrgeiz, and the lied: Schubert and 'the Homer of the Habsburgs,' Johann Ladislaus Pyrker; 3. Of song, sorrow, and censorship: Schubert and Carl Gottfried Ritter von Leitner; 4. Songs of life, death, andlÓ'