Introduction / R. Larry Todd. Fanny Hensel's Lieder (ohne Worte) and the boundaries of song : the curious case of the Lied in Db major, Op. 8, No. 3 / The wilderness at home : woods-romanticism in Fanny Hensel's Eichendorff songs / Amanda Lalonde ; Waldszenen and Abendbilder : Fanny Hensel, Nikolaus Lenau, and the nature of melancholy / Scott Burnham ; Songs of travel : Fanny Hensel's wanderings / Susan Wollenberg -- Settings of English verse. Women's private cosmopolitanism in literary translation and song : Fanny Hensel's Drei Lieder nach Heinrich Heine von Mary Alexander / Jennifer Ronyak ; In this elusive language : a Byron song by Fanny Hensel / Susan Youens -- Tonal ingenuity. You too may change : tonal pairing of the tonic and subdominant in two songs by Fanny Hensel / Tyler Osborne ; Plagal cadences in Fanny Hensel's songs / Stephen Rodgers -- Responses to poetic form. Working with words : revisions of declamation in Fanny Hensel's song autographs / Harald Krebs ; Modulating couplets in Fanny Hensel's songs / Yonatan Malin -- Beyond song/beyond Hensel. Reading poetry through music : Fanny Hensel and others / Jürgen Thym ; Fanny Hensel's Lieder (ohne Worte) and the boundaries of song : the curious case of the Lied in Db major, Op. 8, No. 3 / R. Larry Todd.
Summary:
"Fanny Hensel is arguably the most gifted female composer of the nineteenth century-a composer of over 450 works, including 249 songs, who created some of the most pathbreaking music of her era. As much as Hensel has finally moved out from behind the shadow of her more famous brother, however, and as much as we now know about her life, there's one aspect of this astonishing composer that still remains understudied: her music. This book focuses on Hensel's contributions to the genre of song, the art form that she said "suits her best," where her gifts as a composer are especially evident Its eleven chapters consider such topics as Hensel's fascination with certain poets and poetic themes; her innovative harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, and textual strategies; her connection to larger literary and musical trends; her efforts to break free the constraints placed on her as a woman; and her place in the history of nineteenth-century Lieder. No matter their particular topics of inquiry, the authors are guided by the conviction that the best way to honor Hensel's achievements as a composer and to appreciate her historical importance is to thoroughly examine what she wrote within its many diverse contexts, be they biographical, historical, cultural, or musical"-- Provided by publisher.
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