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Western Music Appreciation (II) - Week 2
Western Music Appreciation (II) - Week 2
Appreciation II
MISS TERRY OJUDAH
Today’s lesson
❖Romantic composers and Through-Composer Form.
❖The Art Song Song: Strophic and Through-Composer Form.
❖The Song Cycle
❖Franz Shubert: Schubert’s Music
❖Robert Schumann: Schumann’s Music
◦ Art Songs with a strophic form repeat the same ◦ Through-composed art songs have music that
music for each stanza of poetry, allowing the changes throughout the piece, reflecting the
lyrics to take center stage. changing emotions and themes of the poetry.
◦ E.g : Schubert - Im Frühling (D.882), Schubert - ◦ E.g : Franz Schubert – Erlkönig , Franz Schubert -
"Die Forelle" (Fischer-Dieskau, Moore) Prometheus
A song cycle is a collection of songs that are all linked together by a central theme.
The theme could be anything but the classics – birth, love and death – are enduringly
The Song Cycle popular. Song cycles can also be linked by repeated musical motifs or a series of
poems or texts.
◦ Schubert elevated the art song to new heights ◦ Schumann’s song cycles, including “Dichterliebe”
with his song cycles, such as “Winterreise” and and “frauenliebe und-leben”, captured the
“Die Schone Mullerin” depth of human emotion and the complexities
of love.
Schubert’s music is characterized by
SHUBERT’S LYRICAL MELODIES
beautifully flowing melodies that
perfectly complement the emotional
nuances of the poetry.
MUSIC