Musical lyrics in the 19th century

The course covers a cross-section of instrumental and vocal music poetry (lyrics) with an emphasis on the second half of the 19th century.

It discusses the history of the genres of the lied and piano miniature in the light of individual compositional poetics:

Schubert – Schumann – Brahms – Reger – Wolf
Faure – Debussy – Ravel – Franck
By learning about the historical context, philosophical and aesthetic backgrounds and personal styles of the composers, students become familiar with the musical analytical tools of the considered compositional poetics.

Students learn about and aural identification of the particularities of personal styles of selected composers of this period.

James Parsons (ur.), The Cambridge companion to the Lied, Cambridge 2004. COBISS.SI-ID – 223954944
David Rowland (ur.), The Cambridge companion to the piano, Cambridge 2004. COBISS.SI-ID – 4487229
Hermann Danuser, Musikalische Lyrik, Laaber 2004. COBISS.SI-ID - 214489088
Carl Dahlhaus, Die Musik des 19. Jahrhunderts, Laaber 1996. COBISS.SI-ID - 8005384
Richard Taruskin (ur.). The Oxford History of Western Music. 3. in 4. zv., Oxford 2004. COBISS.SI-ID - 28932962
Charles Rosen, The romantic generation, Cambridge 1995. COBISS.SI-ID - 6539528
Simon Trezise (ur.), The Cambridge companion French music, Cambridge 2015. COBISS.SI-ID - 71318370