ANDREW H. WEAVER is Professor of Musicology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Online MaterialIntroductionPart One: A Theory of Narratology for the Lied1. Narratological Foundations: The Lied as Narrative Text2. Narrative Agency: Narrators, Characters, Focalizers3. Narrative Action: Events in Lyric Poetry and LiederPart Two: Schumann's Lieder through the Narratological Lens4. Narrating in Song: Analyses of Individual Lieder5. Schumann and the Ballad6. Multiplying Voices: Schumann's Songs for Two, Three, and Four Voices7. Schumann's CyclesPostludeGlossary of Narratological TermsBibliographyIndex of Schumann's SongsGeneral Index

By taking a deep dive into not just the most-studied cycles or most performed songs, but into many other corners of Schumann's songs both from 1840 and his later period, Andrew H. Weaver offers a number of musico-poetic insights throughout that can inspire ongoing work on this large body of song.

ANDREW H. WEAVER is Professor of Musicology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Online MaterialIntroductionPart One: A Theory of Narratology for the Lied1. Narratological Foundations: The Lied as Narrative Text2. Narrative Agency: Narrators, Characters, Focalizers3. Narrative Action: Events in Lyric Poetry and LiederPart Two: Schumann's Lieder through the Narratological Lens4. Narrating in Song: Analyses of Individual Lieder5. Schumann and the Ballad6. Multiplying Voices: Schumann's Songs for Two, Three, and Four Voices7. Schumann's CyclesPostludeGlossary of Narratological TermsBibliographyIndex of Schumann's SongsGeneral Index

By taking a deep dive into not just the most-studied cycles or most performed songs, but into many other corners of Schumann's songs both from 1840 and his later period, Andrew H. Weaver offers a number of musico-poetic insights throughout that can inspire ongoing work on this large body of song.

ANDREW H. WEAVER is Professor of Musicology at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on Online MaterialIntroductionPart One: A Theory of Narratology for the Lied1. Narratological Foundations: The Lied as Narrative Text2. Narrative Agency: Narrators, Characters, Focalizers3. Narrative Action: Events in Lyric Poetry and LiederPart Two: Schumann's Lieder through the Narratological Lens4. Narrating in Song: Analyses of Individual Lieder5. Schumann and the Ballad6. Multiplying Voices: Schumann's Songs for Two, Three, and Four Voices7. Schumann's CyclesPostludeGlossary of Narratological TermsBibliographyIndex of Schumann's SongsGeneral Index

By taking a deep dive into not just the most-studied cycles or most performed songs, but into many other corners of Schumann's songs both from 1840 and his later period, Andrew H. Weaver offers a number of musico-poetic insights throughout that can inspire ongoing work on this large body of song.