Narrative and Robert Schumann’s Songs

Featuring 28 music examples this book takes an innovative approach to analyzing and interpreting nineteenth-century German song, offering new perspectives on Robert Schumann's Lieder and song cycles. Robert Schumann's Lieder are some of the richest and most complex songs in the repertoire and have long raised questions and stimulated discussion among scholars, performers, and listeners. While a wide range of methodologies has been used to understand and interpret his songs, one that has been con