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A study into the poet Heinrich Heine's impact on nineteenth-century song.

Sophisticated and engaging, this volume explores and compares musical irony in the works of major composers, from Mozart to Mahler.

The German lied, or art song, is considered one of the most intimate of all musical genres—often focused on the poetic speaker's inner world and best suited f

The development of the piano, together with changes in culture and society, led to the transformation of song into a major musical genre. This study of the grea

This book explores the way in which Schubert revolutionised the Lied, transforming folk song into art song through the mixture of dramatic and lyrical vocal gen