Songs of the second Viennese school : a performer's guide to selected solo vocal works / Loralee Songer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Songer, Loralee, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Buch der hängenden Gärten.

Schoenberg, Arnold.

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Brettl-Lieder.

Webern, Anton, 1883-1945. Lieder nach Gedichten von Hildegard Jone.

Webern, Anton.

Songs--20th century--History and criticism.

Songs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

Text in English; song lyrics in German with English translations.

Summary:

"Loralee Songer outlines, for singers and voice teachers, crucial information on selected solo vocal works by three major classical composers active during the first half of the twentieth century: Arnold Shoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. For too long, the remarkable vocal works of these composers have received insufficient attention because many considered their work to be 'unsingable' atonal pieces, musically impossible (or unrewarding) for performers and entirely unsatisfying for audiences."--Page [4] of cover.

Contents:

Historical and cultural review of the second Viennese school

Arnold Schoenberg. Compositional style : tonal and atonal periods ; Schoenberg as a teacher ; Representative work : Brettl-Lieder ; Representative work : Das Buch der hèangenden Gèarten, op. 15

Anton Webern. Compositional style : tonal and atonal periods ; Representative work : Drei Lieder, op. 25

Alban Berg. Compositional style : tonal and atonal periods ; Representative work : Vier Lieder, op. 2

Vocal and Rehearsal techniques. Interviews : vocal and rehearsal techniques ; Sprechstimme : approaches and applications

Conclusion. The influence of the second Viennese school

Appendix 1. Solo voice and piano catalog

Appendix 2. Sample recital programs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-3298-6