MUSC101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 36037: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Clara Schumann
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Schumann"s in the lovely month of may. It is for solo voice and piano. Special technique that"s used at the end of the first verse is text- painting. Song cycle is the term for a group of lieder unified by a descriptive or narrative theme. A lied is an art song for solo voice and piano sung in german. Johann wolfgang von goethe wrote the dramatic poem (based on a. Danish legend) which provides the text for schubert"s elfking. Two prominent german romantic poets whose texts were often set to music were heinrich heine and johann wolfgang von goethe. Fanny mendelssohn hensel was a prominent composer of lieder. A song that is composed from beginning to end without repetitions of whole sections is in through-composed form. Sang in a prestigious choir in vienna. His music shows both classical and romantic traits. The german art song was a genre that was generally performed by a solo voice and piano.