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Death in Winterreise : musico-poetic associations in Schubert's song cycle /

Lauri Suurpää brings together two rigorous methodologies, Greimassian semiotics and Schenkerian analysis, to provide a unique perspective on the expressive power of Franz Schubert's song cycle. Focusing on the final songs, Suurpää deftly combines textual and tonal analysis to reveal death a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Suurpää, Lauri, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Colección:Musical meaning and interpretation.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Genesis and narrative of Winterreise
  • Winterreise in context
  • Text-music relationships : five propositions
  • Musico-poetic associations : principles of analysis
  • The emergence of death as a positive option : "Der greise Kopf"
  • Death contemplated : "Die Krähe"
  • From hope for the past to hope for the future : "Letzte Hoffnung"
  • Reflecting lost hope : "Im Dorfe," "Der stürmische Morgen," and "Täuschung"
  • Choosing death : "Der Wegweiser"
  • Death eludes the wanderer : "Das Wirtshaus"
  • Reflecting on the inability to find death : "Mut," "Die Nebensonnen," and "Der Leiermann"
  • The song cycle as a genre : some recent views
  • Winterreise as a cycle
  • Epilogue : the meaning of death in Winterreise.