The Early Masters of Art Song

Irlande

Poème d'un jour, Après un rêve, Lydia

Clair de Lune, Spleen, Green

Second Verlaine cycle, written at summer home. Verlaine wrote them in anticipation of his marriage to Mathilde Mauté de Fleurville. Lydia theme is present. Crowning work of Fauré.

Poetry by Leconte de Lisle. Opus 76

Op. 95. Clear arpeggiations. Very sparse accompaniment.

Developed hearing problems. Only middle register was accurate, so his songs of this period reflect that.

Set of vocalises by Honnegeur, Iber, Ravel, Roussel, Fauré

Op. 106. Most sparsely scored of his song cycles.

Shorter, warmer, less austere than Le jardin clos. Le Mirage and L'Horizon Chimérique

Helped steer Germans away from French literary model. Greek & Roman background. Awakens interest in Anacreon (wine & love)

Study of folk poetry

Novel Launches Romantic Movement

Poems mirrored simplicity of folk poetry. Brahms, Grieg, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schubert.

Collection of folk lyrics. Compiled by Achim von Arnim and Brentano. Established Romantic themes of hunger & starvation, nature, love, war, death, religion, humor.

Including "Lyrisches Intermezzo," the text for Schumann's "Dichterliebe" and Mendelssohn songs

symbolist poetry

scandalous themes: sex, death, homosexuality, the sense of smell and fragrances to evoke nostalgia. Moving away from Romanticism

Paris. Was a great supporter. Psychological reaction to music

Play title coined movement from 1760s-1780s. Combination of French and German styles; less important to follow rules/form, more important to say something meaningful.

Rising of the middle and lower classes

First edition. Shed influence of French Englightenment

Metternich's suppression of liberalism and nationalism lead to uprising of private salons for growth of ideas

Social phenomenon centered on family and meaningful relationships. Simple, accessible music for home (salons) preferred.

2nd Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire. Paranoid of revolt. Suppressed students and sharing of ideas.

Heine and other artists move to France as a result

German Nationalism

Paris commune. Thousands killed. Verlaine survived it, went into hiding