Music and Poetry of the German Lied

instructorDr. Blake Howebhowe@lsu.eduM&DA 274

meetingsTuesdays and Thursdays,10:30‐11:50M&DA 249

office hourThursdays, 1:00‐2:00or by appointment

January 11Introduction to the Analysis of Song

MusicCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach,"An Lyda'I (Klopstock)(1775)

o Ursula Fledler, soprano, and Lorenzo Ghielmi, fortepiano

Wolfgang Mozart, "Abendempfindung" (unknown) (1787)o EllyAmeling, soprano, and Dalton Baldwin,piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesEdwardT. Cone, "Words into Music: The Composer's Approach to the Text,"in SoundandPoetry,ed. Northrop Frye, 3‐15 (NewYork: ColumbiaUniversity Press, 1956).

Raymond Monelle, "Word Setting in the Strophic Lied,"Music& Letters65(1984): 229-36.

Yonatan Malin, Songsin Motion:RhythmandMeter in the German Lied(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), 3-34.

January 16

MusicCorona Schréter, ' D e r Erlkénig‘ (Goethe) (1782)

1. Andrea Melath, mezzo soprano, and ErmeseVirag, piano

J.A. P. Schulz, Liederim Voikston (1782)

Johann Friedrich Reichardt,"Erlkénig" (Goethe) (1794)0 Gerald Finley, baritone, and Grahamjohnson, piano

Carl Friedrich Zelter, “Erlkénig” (Goethe) (1808)0 Gerald Finley, baritone, and GrahamJohnson, piano

Bernhard Klein, “Der Erlkénig” (Goethe)(pub. 1827)

Historical/Analytical StudiesMatthew Head, Sovereign Feminine:MusicandGender in Eighteenth‑Centwy Germany(Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013), 123-57.

January 18

MusicJohann Friedrich Reichardt, 'Néhe des Geliebten' (Goethe) (1796)

Carl Friedrich Zelter, “lch denke dein” (Brun) (1795)

Ludwigvan Beethoven,"Andenken" (Matthison) (1809)o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano

Franz Schubert, "Nahe des Geliebten" (Goethe) (1815)I Christoph Prégardien,tenor, and Andreas Staier, piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesWalter Frisch,"Schubert's 'Nahe des Geliebten' (D. 162):Transformation ofthe Volkston,” in Schubert: CriticalandAnaMicaIStudies,ed. Walter Frisch,175-99 (Lincoln and London: Universityof Nebraska Press, 1986).

January 23

MusicLudwigv a n Beethoven, An die ferne Geliebte (leitteles) ( 1 8 16)

o Gerhard Hiisch, baritone, and Hanns Udo Miiller, piano

Historical/Analytical StudiesJoseph Kerman,"An die ferne Geliebte," in Wn'teAll These Down:EssaysonMusidBerkeley, LosAngeles, London: University of California Press, 1994),1 73-206.

January 25

MusicFranz Schubert, 'Ganymed' (Goethe) (1817)

o Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano,and Edwin Fischer, piano

Franz Schubert, "Prometheus” (Goethe) (1819)o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Benjamin Britten, piano

Franz Schubert, "Wandrers Nachtlied ll” (Goethe) (1822)o Hans Hotter, bass-baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano

Historical/Analytical Studiesjfirgen Thym and Ann C.Fehn,“Schubert’s Strategies in Setting FreeVerse,"in OfPoetryandSong:Approaches to the Nineteenth-CenturyLied,ed.jurgen Thym, 261-80 (Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2010).

January 30

MusicFranz Schubert, ' D e r Zwerg' (Col l in) (18 2 3 )

o Jessye Norman, soprano, and Phillip Moore, piano

Franz Schubert, "Nacht undTraume" (Collin) (1823)e Leo Slezak, tenor, and Michael Raucheisen, piano0 Ann Murray, mezzo soprano, and GrahamJohnson, piano

Franz Schubert, "Wehmut" (Collin) (1823)o Christa Ludwig, mezzo soprano, and Irwin Gage, piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesSusan Youens, Schubert’s Late Lieder:Beyondthe Song-Cycles(Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 2002), 1-92.

February 1

MusicFranz Schubert, "Trockne Blumen' (Mul ler ) (1823)

0 Michael Schade, tenor, and Malcolm Martineau, piano

LudwigBerger, "Mfillers trockne Blumen” (Mfiller) (1818)0 Mark Padmore, tenor, and GrahamJohnson, piano

Franz Schubert, Dieschéne Mullerin(MOIIer) (1823)0 Peter Schreier, tenor, and Walter Olbertz, piano

Franz Schubert,Variations on "Trockne Blumen" for Flute and Piano (1824)o Barthold Kuijken,transverse flute, and Luc Devos,pianoforte

Historical/Analytical StudiesSusan Youens, Schubert: ”Dieschdne Mullen'nflCambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, 1992), 1-30.

February 6

MusicFranz Schubert. ' I h r Bi ld ' (He ine) (1828 )

o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Aribert Reimann, piano

Franz Schubert, "Am Meer" (Heine) (1828)o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Aribert Reimann, piano

Franz Schubert, "Die Stadt" (Heine) (1828)o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Aribert Reimann, piano

Franz Schubert, "Der Doppelgénger" (Heine) (1828)o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Aribert Reimann, piano

Historical/Analytical Studiesjoseph Kerman,"A Romantic Detail in Schubert's Schwanengesang," inSchubert: Critical and Analytical Studies, ed. Walter Frisch,48-64 (Lincolnand London: University of Nebraska Press, 1986).

February 8

MusicCarl Loewe,'Erlkénig' (Goethe)(1818 )

- Hermann Prey,baritone, and Giinther Weissenborn, piano

Franz Schubert, "Erlkénig" (Goethe) (1815)0 Alexander Kipnis, bass-baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano0 MarianAnderson, contralto, and Franz Rupp,piano0 Christine Schafer, soprano;John MarkAinsley, tenor; Michael George,

bass-baritone; and Grahamjohnson, piano

Carl Loewe,"Edward"(Herder) (1818)o Hans Hotter, bass-baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano

Carl Loewe,"Herr OluF' (Herder) (1818)o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, andJorg Demus, piano

Historical/Analytical StudiesChristopher Gibbs,"‘Komm geh' mit mir': Schubert's Uncanny Erlkénig"19th-CenturyMusic19 (1995): 115-35.

February 15

MusicFelix Mendelssohn, Lied ohne Wor te , Op- 30, No- 2 (1833)

o Annette Seller, fortepiano

Wilhelm Taubert, An die Geliebte:AchtMinne‐lieder, No. S(Goethe) (1834)

Fanny Hensel,"Lied," Op. 8, No. 3 (Lenau) (1840)o Elzbieta Sternlicht, piano

Historical/Analytical StudiesElfriede Glusman, ”l'aubert and Mendelssohn: Opposing Attitudes towardPoetry and Music," The MusicalQuarterly57 (1971): 628-35.

February 20

MusicFanny Hensel, ' I m Herbste' (Geibel)(1846)

o Lauralyn Kolb,soprano, and Arlene Shrut, piano

Fanny Hensel,"Verlust" (Heine) (1827)0 Barbara Bonney, soprano, and Geoffrey Parsons,piano

Fanny Hensel,"Die friihen Graber" (Klopstock)(1828)o Susana Gaspar, soprano, and Malcolm Martineau, piano

Fanny Hensel,"Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh” (Goethe) (1835)o Tobias Berndt, baritone, and Alexander Fleischer,piano

Historical/Analytical StudiesStephen Rodgers, "Fanny Hensel's Lied Aesthetic," journal of MusicologicalResearch30 (2011): 175-201.

February 22

MusicJosephine Lang, ' O b ich manchmal dein gedenke?’ (Kostl in) (1841)

o Heike Hallaschka,soprano, and Heidi Kommerell, piano

Josephine Lang,“0 sehntest du dich so nach mir" (Kostlin) (1840)o Heike Hallaschka,soprano, and Heidi Kommerell, piano

Josephine Lang,“Aufdem See in tausend Sterne” (Kostlin) (1841)o Heike Hallaschka,soprano, and Heidi Kommerell, piano

Historical/Analytical StudiesHarald Krebs and Sharon Krebs,josephine Lang:HerLifeandSongs(Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2007), 73-114.

February 27

MusicRobert Schumann, 'Mondnacht ' (Eichendorfi) (1840)

o Elisabeth Schumann, soprano, and KarlAlwin, piano0 EllyAmeling, soprano, andJérg Demus, piano

Robert Schumann, Liederkreis, Op. 39 (Eichendorff) (1840)o Matthias Goerne, piano, and Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

Historical/Analytical StudiesJilrgen Thym, "A Cycle in Flux: Schumann's Eichendorff Liederkreis," in OfPoetryandSong:Approaches to the Nineteenth-CenturyLied, ed.jfirgenThym (Rochester: University of Rochester Press,2010), 375-89.

March 1

MusicRobert Schumann, 'SfiBer Freund' (Chamisso) (1840)

o Lotte Lehmann, soprano, and BrunoWalter, piano0 Lucia Popp,soprano, and Geoffrey Parsons, piano0 Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano, and Bengt Forsberg,piano

Carl Loewe,”SGBer Freund"(Chamisso) (1836)o Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and Cord Garben, piano

Robert Schumann, Frauenliebeund‐Ieben (Chamisso) (1840)o Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo soprano, andjulius Drake, piano

Historical/Analytical StudiesKristina Muxfeldt,"Frauenfiebe und‐Ieben Nowand Then," 19th-CenturyMusic25 (2001)227‐48.

March 6

MusicRobert Schumann, ' l m Rhein, im heil'gen S t r o m e ' (He ine) (1840)

0 FritzWunderlich, tenor, and Hubert Giesen, piano

Robert Schumann, Dichterliebe(Heine) (1840)o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Christoph Eschenbach, piano

Robert Franz, “Aus meinen grol3en Schmerzen" (Heine) (1846)o Elisabeth Schumann, soprano, and George Schick, piano

Robert Franz, “Im Rhein im heil'gen Strome" (Heine) (1860)0 RobinTritschler, tenor, and GrahamJohnson, piano

Historical/Analytical StudiesBeateJulia Perry, Schumann's ”Dichterliebe”andEarlyRomanticPoets:Fragmentation of Desire(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,2002).

March 8

MusicClara Schumann, 'Lorelei ' (He ine) (1843)

0 Barbara Bonney, soprano, andVladimir Ashkenazy, piano

Friedrich Silcher, "Lorelei" (Heine) (1838)

Franz Liszt, "Die Loreley" (Heine) (1856)0 Margaret Price,soprano, andJames Lockhart, piano

Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, “Die LoreleY' (Heine) (1865)

Historical/Analytical StudiesAnnegret Fauser, ”Rheinsirenen: Loreley and Other Rhine Maidens," inMusic of the Sirens, ed. Linda PhyllisAustern and Inna Naroditskaya,250‑72 (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006).

March 13

MusicClara Schumann, ' E r i s t gekommen' (Rfickert) (1841 )

0 Barbara Bonney, soprano, and Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

Clara Schumann, ”Liebst du um Schonheit" (Rackert) (1841)0 Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone, and Imogen Cooper, piano

Clara Schumann, "Warum willst du Andre fragen" (Rfickert) (1841)0 Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano, and Héléne Grimaud, piano

Robert Schumann, "Rose, Meer und Sonne” (Ruckert) (1841)o Olaf Bar, baritone, and Helmut Deutsch,piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesRufus Hallmark,"The Ruckert Lieder of Robert and Clara Schumann," 19th‑CenturyMusic14 (1990): 3-30.

March 15

MusicPeter Cornelius, 'E in To n ' (Cornelius) (1854)

o Felicity Lott, soprano, and GrahamJohnson, piano

Peter Cornelius, Trauer und Trost(Cornelius) (1854)0 Margaret Price, mezzo soprano, and Grahamjohnson, piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesMichael Baker, "Voice-Leading Issues in Cornelius's 'EinTon,” Dutchjoumaiof Music Theory16 (2011):124-40.

March 20

MusicFranz Liszt,'Vergiftet sind meine Lieder' (He ine) (1844 , rev - 1860 )

0 Thomas Hampson, baritone, and Geoffrey Parsons, piano

Franz Liszt, ”Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen" (Heine) (1849, rev. 1849-80)0 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Daniel Barenboim, piano

Franz Liszt, ”Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam” ( two versions: 5. 309/1 and309/2) (Heine) (1845-60)

0 Mitsuko Shirai, mezzo soprano, and Hartmut H6ll,piano (firstversion)o Hermann Prey,baritone, and Alexis Weissenberg, piano (second

version)

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesSusanYouens, ”Heine, Liszt,and the Song of the Future,” in FranzLisztandHis Worid, ed. Christopher H.Gibbs and Dana Gooley, 39-69 (Princeton andOxford: Princeton University Press, 2006).

March 22

MusicJohannes Brahms, ' l n sti l ler Nacht ' (1894)

o Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano, and Gerald Moore, pianoo Lucia Popp,soprano, and Geoffrey Parsons, piano0 RIAS Kammerchor, conducted by Marcus Creed

Johannes Brahms,"Wiegenlied" (Des Knaben Wunderhom) (1868)0 Elena Gerhardt, mezzo soprano, and Arthur Nikisch, piano

Johannes Brahms,"Vergangen ist mir Gluck und Heil” (1874)0 Andreas Schmidt, baritone, and Helmut Deutsch, piano0 RIAS Kammerchor, conducted by Marcus Creed

Johannes Brahms,"Da unten im Tale" (1894)o EllyAmeling, soprano, and Dalton Baldwin, piano

Historical/Analytical StudiesGeorge Bozarth, ”The Origin of Brahms’s 'ln stiller Nacht,” Notes53 (1996):363-80.

April 3

MusicJohannes Brahms, ' M i t vierzigJahren is t der Berg erstiegen'(Rfickert) (18 8 2 )

0 Thomas Quasthoff, baritone, andJustus Zeyen, piano

Johannes Brahms,"Wie bist du, meine Kénigin" (Daumer) (1864)0 Alexander Kipnis, bass-baritone,and ErnstWctor Wolff, piano

Johannes Brahms,"Regenlied" (Groth) (1870)o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, andJérg Demus, piano

Johannes Brahms,"Nachklang" (Groth) (1870)o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, andJorg Demus, piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesHeather Platt, ”Jennerversus Wolf: The Critical Reception of Brahms'sSongs," Thejournal ofMusicalogy13 (1995): 377-403.

April 5

MusicHugo Wolf, ' A u f dem grfinen Balkon' (GeibellHeyse) (1889)

0 Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone, and Russell Ryan,piano

Peter Cornelius, ”Preziosas Sprflchlein gegen Kopfweh"(Geibel/Heyse)(1 854)

0 Christina Landshamer, soprano, and Matthias Veit, piano

AdolfJensen, "Sie blasen zum Abmarsch" (GeibellHeyse)(1860)o Georgina Resick, soprano, and Warren Jones, piano

Johannes Brahms,"Geistliches Wiegenlied” (GeibellHeyse) (1884)o janet Baker, mezzo soprano; Cecil Aronowitz, viola; and André Previn,

piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesSusan Youens, Hugo Wolf? The VocalMusic (Princeton: Princeton UniversityPress, 1992), 197-257.

April 10

MusicHugoWolf, 'Ganymed' (Goethe) (1889)

0 John McCormack, tenor, and Edwin Schneider, piano

HugoWolf, ”Der Feuerreiter” (Morike) (1888)o Helge Rosvaenge,tenor, and Gerald Moore, piano0 Stephan Genz, baritone, and RogerVignoles, piano

HugoWolf, ”Prometheus” (Goethe) (1889)o Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Gerald Moore, piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesEdward F. Kravitt, The Lied:Mir rorof Late Romanticism(New Haven andLondon:Yale University Press, 1996), 51-74.

April 12

MusicHugo Wolf, 'N immersat te Liebe' (Mor ike)(1888)

I Lucia Popp,soprano, and Gerald Moore, piano

HugoWolf, ”Der Gértner" (Morike) (1888)o IrmgardSeefried, mezzo soprano, and Vlktor Graef, piano

HugoWolf, ”Verborgenheit” (M6rike) (1888)0 Elena Gerhardt, mezzo soprano, and Coenraad V. 805, piano0 Kathleen Ferrier, contralto, and Phyllis Spurr, piano

HugoWolf, ”Auf ein altes Bild" (Morike) (1888)o Herbertjanssen, baritone, and Coenraad V. 805, piano0 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and Sviatoslav Richter,piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesSusan Youens, Hugo WolfandhisM6rikeSongs(Cambridgeand New York:Cambridge University Press, 2000), 1-17.

April 17

MusicGustav Mahler, “Des Anton ius v o n Padua Fischpredigt' ( D e sKnaben Wunderharn) (1893)

o Hermann Prey, baritone, and Michael Krist, piano

Gustav Mahler, “Urlicht” (Des Knaben Wunderhom) (1893)0 Thomas Hampson, baritone, and Geoffrey Parsons, piano

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.2 (1895)0 San Francisco Symphony, conducted by MichaelTilson Thomas,

featuring Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo soprano

Historical/Analytical StudiesRaymond Knapp, SymphonicMetamorphoses:SubjectivityandAlienationin Mahler’sRe‐CycledSongstMiddletown, ( . T: Wesleyan University Press,2003), 71-1 20.

April 19

MusicGus tav Mahler, ' I ch bin der Welt abhanden gekommen' (Ruckert)(1901)

o janet Baker, mezzo soprano, and the New Philharmonia Orchestra,conducted byJohn Barbirolli

Gustav Mahler, “Liebst du um Schonheit” (Rilckert) (1901)0 Thomas Hampson, baritone, and the Wenna Philharmonic, conducted

by Leonard Bernstein

Gustav Mahler, "Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder“ (Riickert) (1901):- Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo soprano, and the Deutsches Symphonie‑

Orchester Berlin, conducted by Riccardo Chailly

Historical/Analytical StudiesCamilla Bork,"Musical Lyricism asSelf-Exploration: Reflectionson Mahler's‘lch bin der Welt abhanden gekommen,” trans. Irene Zedlacher, in MahlerandHis World, ed. Karen Painter, 159-72 (Princeton and Oxford: PrincetonUniversity Press, 2002).

April 24

MusicAlban Berg, 'Schlafendt rég t m a n mich in me in Heimatland'(Momber t ) (1910 )

o Mitsuko Shirai, mezzo soprano, and Hartmut H6II,piano

Alban Berg, Vier Lieder,Op. 2 (Hebbel & Mombert) (1910)o Mitsuko Shirai, mezzo soprano, and Hartmut H6II,piano

HistoricallAnalytical StudiesMagnar Breivik,"The Representation of Sleep and Death in Berg's PianoSongs,op. 2,” in EncryptedMessagesin Alban Berg’sMusic, ed. SiglindBruhn, 109-35 (NewYork: Garland, 1998).

April 26

MusicRichard Strauss,' I m Abendrot ' (Eichendorfi) (1948)

o Lucia Popp,soprano, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra,conducted by KlausTennstedt

Richard Strauss, Wer letzteLieder(Eichendorff8:Hesse) (1948‐49)o Elisabeth Grummer, soprano, and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra,

conducted by Richard Kraus

Historical/Analytical StudiesAubrey S.Garlington,]r., “Richard Strauss's Vier IetzteLieder:The UltimateOpus ultimum,” The MusicalQuarterly73 (1989): 79-93..