The ninteenth-century reflection of gender in selected songs from Frauenliebe und Leben and Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann

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dc.contributor.advisor Maurer, Kathleen M.
dc.contributor.author Flock, Jeremy D. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-06-09T15:33:41Z
dc.date.available 2011-06-09T15:33:41Z
dc.date.created 2009 en_US
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.identifier.uri http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/123456789/193606
dc.description.abstract This paper focuses on six of the sixteen songs in Dichterliebe (A Poet’s Love) to demonstrate how Schumann has used gender and sexuality to provide a masculine perspective. As a comparative work I used examples from Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben (A Woman’s Love and Life) to convey the feminine perspective of love. The discussion shows musicological aspects of gender and how composers use certain techniques and structural effects to achieve and illustrate certain genders. The following movements are discussed from the Dichterliebe cycle: Im wunderschönen Monat Mai; Aus meinen Tränen spriessen; Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne; Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen; Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen; and Die alten, bösen Lieder. As a comparison I used the following songs from Frauenliebe und Leben: Seit ich ihn gesehen; Er, der Herrlichste von allen; Ich kann’s nicht fassen, nicht glauben; Helft mir, ihr Schwestern; and Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan. My analysis includes theoretical studies, text painting, overall form and any other musical aspect that may relate to illustrating how gender is presented in these two works.
dc.description.sponsorship School of Music
dc.format.extent 22 p. : digital, PDF file + 11 audio files (digital, MP3) + 2 sound discs (4 3/4 in.) en_US
dc.source CardinalScholar 1.0 en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Gender identity in music. en_US
dc.subject.other Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Dichterliebe.
dc.subject.other Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Frauenliebe und Leben. en_US
dc.title The ninteenth-century reflection of gender in selected songs from Frauenliebe und Leben and Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann en_US
dc.title.alternative Nineteenth century reflection of gender in selected songs from Frauenliebe und Leben and Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann en_US
dc.type Creative project (M.M.), 3 hrs. en_US
dc.description.degree Thesis (M.M.) en_US
dc.identifier.cardcat-url http://liblink.bsu.edu/catkey/1545551 en_US


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