Table of Contents

Foreword - Elly Ameling and Max Deen Larsen
Introduction

Part I: The Language of Poetry
1. Introduction to German Romanticism
2. Devices and Delights in Poetry

Part II: The Language of the Performer
3. Texture
4. Temporality
5. Elements of Interpretation

Part III: The Language of Music
6. Harmony and Tonality
7. Melody and Motive
8. Rhythm and Meter
9. Form in the German Lied
10. Different Settings of a Single Text: Comparison of Compositional Style

Postlude
Notes
Appendix I: Text Translations
Appendix II: Glossary: Terminology for Poetry, Performance, Analysis
Appendix III: Selected Bibliography
Appendix IV: Repertory by Chapter
Appendix V: Scores Not Readily Available

Index

About the Author

Deborah Stein is Professor of Music Theory, New England Conservatory and author, Hugo Wolf's Lieder and Extensions of Tonality (Rochester, 1985) and editor, Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis (OUP, 2004).
Robert Spillman is Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Music and author, Sightreading at the Keyboard (Schirmer, 1990) and Art of Accompanying: Master Lessons from the Repertoire (Schirmer, 1985)

Reviews

"At last! A comprehensive, systematic text about lieder that is couched in analytical poetic and musical language!...This is an important, carefully notated book."--Choice
"More than a compendium of analytical concepts, this is a book that enables you to shape individual interpretations through personal encounter with a lively train of provocative questions and creative experiments."--Elly Ameling
"Stein, a music theorist and Spillman, an active accompanist, have merged their two strengths, the result of which is a pioneering study....it will surely engage not only the singer and pianist, but also the theorist, historian, and anyone else interested in the nineteenth century Lieder. In addition, it will likely become a major resource for teachers and students of vocal literature and pedagogy."--Integral