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Glauert, Amanda.

Beethoven and the lyric impulse : essays on Beethoven song / Amanda Glauert. - 1 online resource (ix, 151 pages) : illustrations (black and white), music. - Routledge voice studies .

Amanda Glauert revisits Beethoven's songs and studies his profound engagement with the aesthetics of the poets he was setting, particularly those of Herder and Goethe. The book offers readers a rich exploration of the poetical and philosophical context in which Beethoven found himself when composing songs. It also offers detailed commentaries on possible responses to specific songs, responses designed to open up new ways for performing, hearing and appreciating this provocative song repertoire. This study will be of great interest to researchers of Beethoven; German song; aesthetics of words and music.

ISBN: 9781003028420 (electronic bk) 100302842X (electronic bk) 9781000180459 100018045X 9781000180435 1000180433 9781000180473 1000180476

Subjects--Personal Names:
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Songs.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Songs, German--History and criticism.--19th century
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera
HISTORY / Europe / Germany
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural

LC Class. No.: ML410.B42 / G53 2021eb

Dewey Class. No.: 782.43092