A | B |
Most composers had | other jobs |
The Art Song | solo voice and piano and originally for in-home performances |
Lied-song | in German (Lieder-plural) |
Postlude | ending of art song for piano only |
Strophic form (Art Song) | repeated music for different text |
Through-composed form (Art Song) | new music for each stanza |
Modified strophic form (Art Song) | a hybrid of the strophic and through-composed forms |
Song cycle (Art Song) | set of art songs |
Franz Schuber | composed 143 art songs in his late teens alone; composed over 600 songs total; every genre; equal role between voice and piano |
Erlkonig-1815; through composed setting; father on horse with sick son facing death; delirious boy has visions of legendary Erlking, who symbolizes death | Listening |
Erlking | the king of the elves |
Wild ride | rapid octaves and menacing bass line |
Die Forelle; nature and folk songs; trout swimming, then gets caught, modified strophic A-A-BA1 | The Trout, 1817 |