Death in Winterreise : Musico-Poetic Associations in Schubert's Song Cycle /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Suurpää, Lauri, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Schubert, Franz > 1797-1828 > Winterreise
Schubert, Franz, > 1797-1828. > Winterreise.
Winterreise (Schubert, Franz)
Tod > Motiv
Songs.
Song cycles > Analysis, appreciation.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
Chansons > Textes.
Cycles de melodies > Analyse et appreciation.
Songs > Texts.
Wört
Texts.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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