Heinrich Heine and the Lied |
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| Author:
| Youens, Susan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-82374-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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This book asks why the poet Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) had such an impact on the history of nineteenth-century song. From the 1820s until the mid-century mark, Heine was the poet of choice for composers who found in this new poetic language the means for cutting-edge tonal experiments.
This book asks why the poet Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) had such an impact on the history of nineteenth-century song. From the 1820s until the mid-century mark, Heine was the poet of choice for composers who found in this new poetic language the means for cutting-edge tonal experiments.