Lieder Line by Line: and Word for Word / Edition 1

by Lois Phillips

Overview

German song in the nineteenth century offers some of the greatest pleasures available to the singer, pianist, and listener. The great German poets—Goethe, Schiller, Rückert, Eichendorff, Heine, Mörike, Hesse, and many lesser figures—inspired masterpieces by Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, Wagner, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, and Richard Strauss. This textbook for students and performers provides the German texts of the most frequently studied and performed songs by the above group, and gives literal, word-for-word translations under each line, plus clear English prose versions of each poem. Neither is a singing version, but each contributes to the understanding and appreciation of the song. This new edition includes numerous corrections and improvements to the translations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198790174
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/24/1996
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	446
Product dimensions:	9.62(w) x 7.22(h) x 0.98(d)
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)

About the Author

Lois Phillips is a freelance musician: teacher of piano and Alexander Technique.

Editorial Reviews

"It is difficult to put my enthusiasm for these translations into adequate words. This is exactly what students desperately need, an accurate word for word detail, without which a Lied cannot be coloured vocally. This project is urgently needed; it is a wonderful idea."—Dame Janet Baker

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