Feminine in German Song
Feminine in German Song Nineteenth-century composers were drawn to subjects related to gender. The author argues about ways to hear sexual difference in Lied, analyzing musical compositions in the…
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Feminine in German Song
Nineteenth-century composers were drawn to subjects related to gender. The author argues about ways to hear sexual difference in Lied, analyzing musical compositions in the light of composer biographies and in terms of musical gestures. Songs about women open a view into nineteenth-century understandings of gender and sexuality.
Both the songs and their critique illustrate the functioning of gender in nineteenth-century composition and aesthetic Her comparison of the Suleika and Lorelei songs by Romantic composers, including the Mendelssohns and the Schumanns, reveals cultural and sexual anxieties besides conflicting arguments about music and its perception.