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Art songs have been composed in many languages, and are known by several names. The German tradition of art song composition is perhaps the most prominent one; it is known as Lieder. In France, the term mélodie distinguishes art songs from other French vocal pieces referred to as chansons.
Very few of the thousands of composers who wrote Lieder reached the pinnacle of this form. After Schubert, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Hugo Wolf (almost exclusively a Lieder composer) are considered the Immortals, closely followed by Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss.
20 cze 2024 · Hugo Wolf took the Lied to new heights of expressive intensity, using highly chromatic harmonies and intricate word-painting techniques. His song cycles, such as “Mörike-Lieder” and “Goethe-Lieder,” exhibit a profound sensitivity to the nuances of the text, much like Schubert and Schumann’s works.
24 cze 2023 · In English, they get the rather grandiose title of ‘art song’, to distinguish them from popular vocal music and folksong. In German, they’re known as lieder. In French they’re mélodies.
A lied may be either through-composed or strophic, i.e., repeating the music for each new stanza of the poem. Occasionally lieder are arranged for accompaniment by full orchestra or, in the case of several lied cycles, for chamber ensemble of reduced strings and winds.
1 lip 2023 · What is an art song? An art song is a musical composition that combines the power of words with the beauty of the melody, creating a harmonious blend that evokes deep emotions and paints vivid imagery in the listener’s mind.
8 maj 2020 · Traditionally, art song is scored for voice and piano, but music genre rules have never been set in stone, especially during the experimental Romantic period. One early Lied-scoring exception is Schubert’s “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen “ D.965 (The Shepherd on the Rock), which is scored for voice, piano, and clarinet.
