The Feminine in German Song

Nineteenth-century composers were drawn to subjects related to gender. Songs about women open a view into nineteenth-century understandings of gender and sexuality. The author argues about ways to hear sexual difference in Lied, analyzing musical compositions in the light of composer biographies and in terms of musical gestures. Her comparison of the Suleika and Lorelei songs by Romantic composers, including the Mendelssohns and the Schumanns, reveals cultural and sexual anxieties besides conflicting arguments about music and its perception. Both the songs and their critique illustrate the functioning of gender in nineteenth-century composition and aesthetic reasoning.

ISBN:	9780820481579
Publisher:	Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Imprint:	Peter Lang
Published date:	15 Jun 2006
DEWEY:	782.420820943
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	219
Weight:	444g
Height:	156mm
Width:	232mm
Spine width:	19mm

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