The Songs of Fanny Hensel

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvStephen Rodgers,University of Oregon School of Music and Dance) Rodgers, Stephen (Professor of Music Theory and Musicianship, Professor of Music Theory and Musicianship

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Fanny Hensel created some of the most imaginative and original music of her era, making her arguably the most gifted female composer of the nineteenth century. While Hensel has finally stepped out of the shadow of her famous brother, Felix Mendelssohn, as scholars have begun to study her life and writings, her music has remained surprisingly underexamined. This collection places Hensel's music at the center, focusing on the genre that not only made up more than half of her creative output but also, as Hensel herself put it, "suits her best": song. In eleven new essays, leading scholars in the fields of music theory and musicology consider Hensel's songs from a wide range of angles, covering topics such as Hensel's fascination with particular poets and poetic themes; her innovative harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, and textual strategies; and her connection to larger literary and musical trends. The chapters also provide insight into Hensel's efforts to break free from the constraints placed on her as a woman and her place in the larger history of the nineteenth-century Lied. Drawing on diverse biographical, historical, cultural, and musical contexts for their detailed discussions of Hensel's songs, the authors underline Hensel's historical importance and deepen our understanding and appreciation of her compositions. This volume, in short, finally gives Fanny Hensel and her songs the stage that they deserve.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-03-01
Mått239 x 163 x 27 mm
Vikt590 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190919566
UtmärkelserCo -Winner,The Outstanding Multi-Author Collection, Society for Music Theory

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Stephen Rodgers is Professor of Music Theory and Musicianship at the University of Oregon. He writes about the relationship between music and poetry, focusing especially on the songs of nineteenth-century composers such as Franz Schubert, Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, and Clara Schumann. He is also active as a tenor and has performed several lecture-recitals throughout the United States.

AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Introduction Stephen RodgersPart I: Nature and TravelChapter 2: The Wilderness at Home: Woods-Romanticism in Fanny Hensel's Eichendorff Songs Amanda LalondeChapter 3: Waldszenen and Abendbilder: Fanny Hensel, Nikolaus Lenau, and the Nature of Melancholy Scott BurnhamChapter 4: Songs of Travel: Fanny Hensel's Wanderings Susan WollenbergPart II: Settings of English VerseChapter 5: Women's Private Cosmopolitanism in Literary Translation and Song: Fanny Hensel's Drei Lieder nach Heinrich Heine von Mary AlexanderJennifer RonyakChapter 6: "In this elusive language": A Byron Song by Fanny HenselSusan YouensPart III: Tonal IngenuityChapter 7: "You too may change": Tonal Pairing of the Tonic and Subdominant in Two Songs by Fanny HenselTyler OsborneChapter 8: Plagal Cadences in Fanny Hensel's SongsStephen RodgersPart IV: Responses to Poetic FormChapter 9: Working with Words: Revisions of Declamation in Fanny Hensel's Song AutographsHarald KrebsChapter 10: Modulating Couplets in Fanny Hensel's SongsYonatan MalinPart V: Beyond Song/Beyond HenselChapter 11: Reading Poetry Through Music: Fanny Hensel and OthersJürgen ThymChapter 12: Fanny Hensel's Lieder (ohne Worte) and the Boundaries of Song: The Curious Case of the Lied in D flat major, Op. 8, No. 3R. Larry ToddBibliography