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Romantic Lieder and the search for lost paradise

The archetypal myth of lost paradise, found in both civilized and primitive cultures throughout history, was central to Enlightenment and Romantic thought, influencing philosophical, literary, artistic, and musical works. This book explores manifestations of the lost paradise myth in Lieder by Franz Schubert, and other nineteenth-century composers.
Musical Score, English, ©2007
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ©2007
xi, 308 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm
9780521845335, 0521845335
1115081713
Part 1: The lost world of antiquity
Schubert's Greek revival
Goethe, Wolf, and the lure of immortality
Part 2: The lost world of childhood
Sleep and death in Schubert's lullabies
Brahms's spiral journey back home
Part 3: The lost world of folk song
Schubert's songs-within-songs
On wings of song from Reichardt to Mahler