Hugo Wolf and His Mörike Songs

Viennese composer Hugo Wolf produced one of the most important song collections of the nineteenth century when he set to music fifty-three poems by the great German poet Eduard Mörike. Susan Youens reappraises this singular collaboration, examining selected Mörike songs in detail to shed new light on the sophisticated interplay between poetry and music. Although Wolf is known as the Poet's Composer, someone who revered poetry and served it faithfully in his music, Youens reveals how his Mörike songs were also influenced by his own life, psychology and experiences.

Author: Susan Youens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/03/2000
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.14w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780521651592

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2000 pg. 718