Music 1102A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Erlking, Strophic Form
25 Apr 2018
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Form: listen for the way in which the same basic musical idea is presented in each strophe of the text, but in a new guise each time. Word-music relationships: listen to how the song captures the rhythms of the horses hooves beating along the road. Notice the way in which this conveys the perspectives of four different characters the narrator, the father, the child, and the erlking by changes in register (high versus low) dynamics (loud vs soft), and harmony (minor vs major). Lied german song for voice and piano (german, usually nineteenth century, intimate space) Schubert"s earliest lied, composed at age 18. Modi ed strophic form same melody and rhythm for each strophe, but musical setting around it varies. Unique register from narrator, father, son, and erlking. Unique dynamic pro le for each character motion through different key areas creates variety. Proli c composer of songs for voice and piano. By age 18, had composed 144 songs.
