Lieder began with words, with the composer's discovery of a poet and a poetic work, but the scholarly study of lieder has tended to bypass those origins. Schubert's choice of poets has traditionally come under fire for the preponderance of mediocre talent, and yet many of these writers were highly esteemed in their day. In her highly acclaimed study, Susan Youens has chosen four such poets - Gabriele von Baumberg, Theodor Körner, Johann Mayrhofer and Ernst Schulze - in order to re-examine their lives, works, and Schubert's music to their verse. All four poets were vivid inhabitants of a vivid era, and their tribulations afford us added insight into the upheavals, the manners and mores, of their day.
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'Susan Youens is a gifted author who cannot write a dull word … Her sympathy with these various poets and their touching foibles, madnesses, and heroic romanticism is absolutely unforced … This brilliant book should become the travelling companion not only of singers, but also of all those who have a passion for a fascinating period.' Robert Tear, The Oldie
'Youens's book contains useful studies of four poets whom Schubert chose to set. They lend depth to our understanding of the literary culture in which Schubert lived, bringing back to life poets who would otherwise remain faceless.' Ian Bostridge, The Times Literary Supplement
'It is a measure of success of this important new study that the songs which are the object of such close scrutiny will never sound quite the same to the reader-listener. We shall hear them, both words and music, with greater understanding, growing admiration and continuing affection.' Paul Reid, The Schubertian
'Youens's book contains useful studies of four poets whom Schubert chose to set. They lend depth to our understanding of the literary culture in which Schubert lived, bringing back to life poets who would otherwise remain faceless.' Ian Bostridge, The Times Literary Supplement
'It is a measure of success of this important new study that the songs which are the object of such close scrutiny will never sound quite the same to the reader-listener. We shall hear them, both words and music, with greater understanding, growing admiration and continuing affection.' Paul Reid, The Schubertian
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Susan Youens re-examines the life and work of four poets and Schubert's settings of their verse. All four were vivid inhabitants of a vivid era, and their tribulations afford us added insight into the upheavals, the manners and mores, of their day.
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IN THE FIRST VOLUME of her memoirs, Denkwurdigkeiten aus meinem Leben (Reminiscences of My Life), and the second volume of her Zerstreute Blatter (Scattered Album Leaves), the Viennese writer Carolina Pichler briefly invokes a friend of her youth, "one of the most interesting women in Vienna": the poet Gabriele von Baumberg (1766-1839). Read the first page
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IN THE FIRST VOLUME of her memoirs, Denkwurdigkeiten aus meinem Leben (Reminiscences of My Life), and the second volume of her Zerstreute Blatter (Scattered Album Leaves), the Viennese writer Carolina Pichler briefly invokes a friend of her youth, "one of the most interesting women in Vienna": the poet Gabriele von Baumberg (1766-1839). Read the first page
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So, Susan Youens Doesn't Understand German?
21 Mar 2011
By Eclecticism
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That remark says a lot. About the anonymous poster who wrote it 10 years ago. Pay no attention to that troll, folks. This book is excellent on the Napoleonic era in Germany and Austria, Schubert, poetry, music, everything. Don't forget, before Susan Youens became probably the world's preeminent scholar on Schubert, she was an authority on French music as well. Susan Youens understands German, make no mistake. And she definitely knows the subject matter of this book. Buy without hesitation.
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Another fine work by Youens
12 Dec 2007
By Dr. Sarah E. McKibben
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"Simply stated, the book is interesting from beginning to end. Abundant examples from both poetry and music are included along with copious, information-laden endnotes and a substantial bibliography. This very important book is recommended for comparative literature and German language studies as well as music." Choice
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just too many howlers
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Well, what do you expect from a scholar who doesn't even understand German? The author's only forte is endless musing on songtexts. Research? What on earth is that? The bibliography is full of books and articles that Youens has never read in her lifetime. That's all there is to say.
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