The Lied at the Crossroads of Performance and Musicology
The Lied at the Crossroads of Performance and Musicology
Jennifer Ronyak, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz
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USDThere seems to be an essential relationship between the performance and the scholarship of the German Lied. Yet the process by which scholarly inquiry and performative practices mutually benefit one another can appear mysterious and undefined, in part because any dialogue between the two invariably unfolds in relatively informal environments – such as the rehearsal studio, seminar room or conference workshop. Contributions from leading musicologists and prominent Lied performers here build on and deepen these interactions to reconsider topics including Werktreue aesthetics and concert practices; the authority of the composer versus the performer; the value of lesser-known, incomplete, or compositionally modified songs; and the traditions, habits and prejudices of song recitalists regarding issues like transposition, programming and dramatic modes of presentation. The book as a whole reveals the reciprocal relevance of Lied musicology and Lied performance, thereby opening doors to fresh and exciting modes of interpretative artistry and intellectual discovery.
- Reconsiders canonical Lieder, cycles, and their composers from a variety of performance-centred research perspectives, and discusses ways of expanding the performance repertoire
- Offers scholars and performers alike fresh viewpoints through which to think about the relevance of canonical works in varied performance contexts
- Valuably, originally and collaboratively links the productive relevance of Lied musicology and performance to one another
Reviews & endorsements
‘This book affirms the power of song in forging dialogues across performance and research. To engage with song, the volume shows, is to reimagine the lines between the sonic and the textual, the historical and the contemporary, and to embrace a genre that stands at the forefront of musicological innovation.' Joe Davies, University of California, Irvine
‘Their collaborative volume offers insight into the intersection of scholarship and song. Each essay is well researched and well written, and each challenges the reader to consider new models of melding musicology and musical performance. This book is highly recommended for all who love lieder.’ Debra Greschner, Journal of Singing
‘For anyone who has ever been touched by a poem by Goethe or any other German poet … [the book] is required reading. I very much hope this book contributes to a long life for Lied scholarship and performance. There is much still to be learned from this imposing union of words and music.’ James Parsons, Music & Musical Performance
Product details
February 2024Hardback
9781316518847
248 pages
250 × 176 × 19 mm
0.59kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction Benjamin Binder and Jennifer Ronyak
- 1. In search of song: Richard Strauss's 'Schlechtes Wetter' between poem, music, and performance Benjamin Binder
- 2. Max Heinrich, 'wizard of song': dramatizing lieder for American audiences Heather Platt
- 3. Fragmenting frauenliebe und -leben: reading and performing alternative lives and loves Natasha Loges
- 4. Robert Schumann's 'Ich grolle nicht': unsettling the Song cycle Laura Tunbridge
- 5. Schubert's Mignon and Reimann's Mignon: advocacy and analysis in the arrangement of little-known lieder Frankie Perry
- 6. Locating the wanderer's solitude in choral and non-solo performances of Winterreise Jennifer Ronyak
- 7. Analysis, performance, and the deep nineteenth century: the case of Marie Franz Stephen Rodgers
- 8. Crossing boundaries: Lieder in mixed-genre performance and the intersection of research and praxis Lisa Feurzeig
- 9. Singers speak about musicology and performance Benjamin Binder and Jennifer Ronyak.
