Poetry and Song in Late Eighteenth Century Germany

A Study in the Musical Sturm Und Drang
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-12444-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

The German Lied in the period preceding Mozart is less well-known than that of the florescence under Schubert, Schumann and Wolf. But in Poetry and Song in Late Eighteenth Century Germany (originally published in 1985) Margaret Stoljar shows that the songs composed by C.P.E. Bach and his contemporaries have an interest and allure of their own. She concentrates her analysis on the interplay of poets and musicians, the use made by composers of the work of such distinguished poets as Klopstock, and the specific contribution that music was able to make to the reception of the poetry.

As much a work of social history as of musicology, Poetry and Song in Late Eighteenth Century Germany casts a fascinating light on the leisure of the period and place, as well as on the development of taste and sensibility that prepared the way for Young Werther. The book is illustrated with examples of music.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stoljar, Margaret Mahony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Performance as an Historical Category 1. The Use of Poetry and the Use of Song 2. Singing and Playing in 1770 3. First Settings of Klopstock: C.P.E. Bach and Gluck 4. Sturm and Drang in Musical Style: C.G. Neefe 5. The Flowering of the Gesellschaftslied: Johann Andre 6. J.A.P. Schulz and the Volkston 7. J.F. Reichardt and the Triumph of Sentiment Bibliography A. Principal Sources for the Sturm and Drang Song B. Eighteenth-century Sources C. Selected Secondary Sources

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Mahony Stoljar, Department of Germanic Languages, Australian National University.