Frauenliebe und leben: Chamisso's poems and Schumann's songs

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (07) ◽  
pp. 53-3005-53-3005
Keyword(s):  
Frauenliebe Und Leben

scholarly journals Rufus Hallmark, Frauenliebe und Leben: Chamisso’s Poems and Schumann’s Songs (2014)

2018 ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
Aisling Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Cambridge University ◽  
Frauenliebe Und Leben

A review of Rufus Hallmark, Frauenliebe und Leben: Chamisso’s Poems and Schumann’s Songs (Cambridge University Press, 2014), ISBN 978-1-00230-2.

CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD (b. 1980)One Life Stand (2011)

2021 ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Jane Manning
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Major Work ◽  
Standard Notation ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Voice And Piano ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Frauenliebe Und Leben ◽  
Extended Vocal Techniques

This chapter addresses Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s One Life Stand (2011). This major work was conceived as a companion piece to Schumann’s loved cycle Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 (1830). It sets eight vivid contemporary poems by Sophie Hannah—charting the often turbulent emotional journey experienced by the present-day woman in love—in starkest contrast to the more conventional, submissive attitudes portrayed in the Schumann. Each song subtly, even obliquely, evokes a movement of the Schumann, ingeniously mirroring aspects of its musical setting, particularly in the relationships between voice and piano. It constitutes a compelling narrative of contemporary feminine experience, and a rewarding tour de force for a mezzo and pianist of interpretative and technical accomplishment. The work is written in standard notation and the voice part, set straightforwardly with a few curving melismas at key points, eschews extremes of range and ‘extended vocal techniques’. The singer will, however, need to call on reserves of stamina for some lengthy high-lying passages, although there is plenty of light relief in the fast movements with their quicksilver parlando delivery.

Frauenliebe und Leben Now and Then

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Muxfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Frauenliebe Und Leben
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