Schubert, Müller, and Die schöne Müllerin

The collaboration of Schubert and the poet Wilhelm MÜller produced some of the best loved of nineteenth-century lieder--in particular Die schöne MÜllerin. Professor Youens shows how this archetypal tale of love and rejection is reflected in the poet's own experience. She considers other poets' explorations of the subject, and looks at other musical settings of MÜller's mill poems. Above all she examines MÜller's permutation of the literary legends as an exploration of erotic obsession, delusion, frenzy, disillusionment and death and the way in which Schubert altered MÜller's vision when the poetic cycle became a musical text.

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"Following the successful format of the previous books, she brings together a wealth of knowledge of political and social history, literary imagery, art and drama with the authoritative musical analysis one would expect from a highly respected musicologist.... Schubert's Late Lieder is a welcome addition to the serious musician's library. It provides needed information about Schubert's lesser poets and sheds light on the life and literary influences of early nineteenth-century Vienna." American Music Teacher

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Product details

• Date Published: February 1997
• format: Hardback
• isbn: 9780521563642
• length: 264 pages

• dimensions: 254 x 182 x 23 mm
• weight: 0.62kg
• contains: 14 b/w illus. 30 music examples
• availability: Available