19th Century Artsong

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19th Century Artsong

$197.00

SCHUBERT SCHUMANN BRAHMS BERLIOZ
WOLF STRAUSS MAHLER DEBUSSY

Imagine discovering a hidden musical paradise that deepens your awareness of all music. I’m talking about artsong, music usually set for voice and piano that uncovers the secrets within poetry. This most intimate classical genre is unknown to many music lovers.


INCLUDES: Links to 8 two hour length videos plus YouTube links to all the musical examples

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When classical music lovers discover artsong, they discover a hidden paradise that changes them forever.  This most intimate and emotional genre of classical music is unknown to many classical music lovers. Often set for just voice and piano, artsong works to uncover the emotional secrets in poetry.

SESSIONS:

1.   Artsong Overview/Beethoven An Die Ferne Geliebte

2.   Schubert Songs

3.   Schubert Song Cycles

4.   Schumann Songs and Song cycles

5.   Brahms Songs

6.   Berlioz, Faure, and Debussy Songs

7.   Wolf Songs

8.   Strauss and Mahler Songs

9.   Steinberg-Payne Artsong Premiere

 

1.     Artsong: Introduction and Overview
Bach, Handel, and Mozart Arias
Beethoven Song Cycle An die ferne Geliebte (to the distant Beloved)
What distinguishes “artsongs” different from “songs”
From Schubert to Wolf, Strauss, and Mahler
 

2.     Schubert the Songmaster
Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel)

Heidenroslein (Rose on the Heath)
Erlkönig 
(The Earl King)
Ave Maria 
(Hail Mary) (actually titled Ellens Gesang #3)
Der Töd und das Mädchen 
(Death and the Maiden)
Du bist die ruh (You are the calm)
Die Forelle 
(The Trout)
Nacht und Träume (Night and Dreams)
Ständchen (Serenade)
Der Atlas (Atlas)
Im Frühling (In Spring)
Der Doppelgänger (The Ghost)
An die Musik 
(To Music)

3.     Schubert Song cycles
Die Schöne Müllerin (The Pretty Miller Maid)
Die Winterreise 
(A Winter’s Journey)

4.     Schumann Songs and Song cycles
Myrthen (Myrtles)
Liederkreis (Song Cycle)
Dichterliebe (Poet’s Love) 

5.     Brahms Songs
Von Ewiger Liebe (On Eternal Love)
Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir 
(Like Melodies)
Wiegenlied 
(Lullaby)
Anklänge (Echoes)
Meine Liebe ist grün (My Love’s as Green)
Da Unten im Tale (Down in the Valley)
Feldeinsamkeit (Alone in Fields)
Auf dem Kirchhofe (In the Churchyard)
Geheimnis (Secret)

Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht (Death, that is the cool night)
Heimweh I and II 
(Homesick)
Vergebliches Standchen (Vain Serenade)
Es hing der Reif
 (The Hanging Frost)

6.     French Artsong (Melodie)
Berlioz Les nuits d'été (Summer Nights)

Fauré  Apres un Reve (After a Dream), Clair de Lune (Moonlight), Chanson D'Amour (Love Song) Les Berceaux (The Cradles), Aurore (Dawn) Au bord de l’eau (At the Water’s Edge)

Debussy Ariettes oubliées (Forgotten songs), Chansons de Bilitis 

7.     Wolf Songs

Das verlassene Mägdlein (The forsaken servant girl)
Gesang Weylas (Weyla’s Song)
An Die Geliebte (To the Beloved)
Gebet (Prayer)

In Dem Schatten Meiner Locken (In the Shadow of My Tresses)

O wär dein Haus durchsichtig wie ein Glas (O if only your house was transparent like glass)

Anakreons Grab (Anacreon’s Grave)

Auch Kleine Dinge (Also Small Things)

In der Frühe (Early Morning)

Verborgenheit (Seclusion)

Herr, was trägt den Boden hier (Lord, what does the earth bear here?)

8.     Strauss and Mahler Songs 

Strauss—Die Nacht (Night), Morgen (Morning), Allerseelen (All Soul’s Day), All Mein Gedanken (All My Thoughts), Du Meines Herzen’s Krönlein (You My Heart’s Coronet)
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)

Mahler—Lieder eines fahren Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer), Rückert LiederKindertotenlieder (Songs of Dead Children)