Introduction to Music Class #28

Ch 3, 4The Art SongFranz SchubertErlknigA page from the first edition

Art Song (German Lied)OLD, but V Popular in Romantic era Pop musicVoice + pianoExcellent poetry!Much variety: poetry subjects & music stylesSong cycle = a set of art songs that function like chapters in a book.A Schubert Evening with Joseph von SpaunMoritz von Schwind

SchubertPost-patronage.S sold his songs.S avoided nobility.Best known for art songs >600!Schubert = melodyLogSchubertErlknigGerman LiedI=poetry by Goethe (the best)intensely emotional plotthrough-composedsinger projects four persons

ConnectKamienErlknigsinger projects four persons & their voices:narrator--begins talefather--lower pitch, darker tone color, soothing tone & melodychild--higher pitch that becomes increasingly higher with frightErknig--alluring, beguiling, sinister

ConnectKamien7The Troutmost popular art songso popular, Schubert was asked to write instrumental piece on melodytrite but meaningful story!The Erlking and The TroutRomantic traits:SimplicityInnocenceGentlenessGoodnessComplexityTreacheryBrutalityEvilCOEXIST2.Contradicting emotions & moods3.IronyThe very definitions of art and beauty are challenged!1.Erlknig (The Elf King): Piano Introduction And Narrator - Erlknig (The Elf King): Father - "Mein Sohn..." - Erlknig (The Elf King): Son - "Siehst, Vater..." - Erlknig (The Elf King): Erlking - "Du Liebes Kind..." - Erlknig (The Elf King): Son - "MeinRoger KamienKamien 5CD Set, track 42/59, disc 3/5Spoken & Audio243372.67eng - iTunPGAP0eng - iTunNORM 0000027C 00000292 0000675F 0000695A 00034C14 00034C14 00007B6E 00007C13 00034C14 00034BE0eng - iTunSMPB 00000000 00000210 000008DC 0000000000A3B714 00000000 004A33EB 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000eng - iTunes_CDDB_19410E13B+324226+59+150+2371+5684+7760+19010+32724+37506+42910+45404+47953+49769+55203+66348+74668+89398+97901+107431+108849+110713+112448+113962+120526+126741+134305+141720+145691+150541+159096+163788+174542+186977+195891+202688+208518+211735+214226+216174+218121+220359+227829+239440+250282+254452+255047+256948+258557+261517+268529+269688+271770+275038+281292+284602+289129+292034+294267+296157+298147+312822eng - iTunes_CDDB_TrackNumber42