19th Century Art Song on Zoom Sept 8-Nov 3 2021
19th Century Art Song on Zoom Sept 8-Nov 3 2021
19th Century Art Song
WITH RUSSELL STEINBERG, Ph.D.
9 Wednesday Sessions 4:00-6:00PM Pacific Time
September 8- November 3, 2021 (no session September 15)
(Special extra session December 1)
Interactive Music Lectures on ZOOM
This most intimate classical genre is unknown to many music listeners. I’m talking about artsong, music usually set for voice and piano that specifically uncovers secrets within poetry that penetrate to the depths of the human condition. Together we will discover a hidden musical paradise that will deepen your love for all music as we explore the master artsongs of the 19th century. I promise you’ll find yourself having new “favorites” each session as we go from the German masters of lieder, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms, to the French composers Berlioz, Faure, and Debussy, and then back to to the peak of German Romanticism with Wolf, Strauss, and Mahler. The series concludes with the world premiere of an artsong I will compose specifically for our group performed by mezzo soprano Rachel Payne.
Complete Series: $499 Individual Sessions: $60
Reserve at www.russellsteinberg.com
1. Artsong Overview/Ludwig van Beethoven An Die Ferne Geliebte
2. Franz Schubert Songs
3. Franz Schubert Song Cycles
4. Robert Schumann Songs and Song cycles
5. Johannes Brahms Songs
6. French Melodie—Hector Berlioz, Gabriel Faure, and Claude Debussy
7. Hugo Wolf Songs
8. Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler Songs
9. Russell Steinberg-Rachel Payne Artsong Premiere and Discussion
Full Class (9 Zoom Sessions): $500
Individual Sessions: $60
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DETAILED SYLLABUS
SEPTEMBER 8
1. Artsong: Introduction and Overview
Bach, Handel, and Mozart Arias
Beethoven Song Cycle An die ferne Geliebte (to the distant Beloved)
What distinguishes “artsongs” different from “songs”
From Schubert to Wolf, Strauss, and Mahler
SEPTEMBER 15 Yom Kippur NO SESSION
SEPTEMBER 22
2. Schubert the Songmaster
Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel)
Heidenroslein (Rose on the Heath)
Erlkönig (The Earl King)
Ave Maria (Hail Mary) (actually titled Ellens Gesang #3)
Der Töd und das Mädchen (Death and the Maiden)
Du bist die ruh (You are the calm)
Die Forelle (The Trout)
Nacht und Träume (Night and Dreams)
Ständchen (Serenade)
Der Atlas (Atlas)
Im Frühling (In Spring)
Der Doppelgänger (The Ghost)
An die Musik (To Music)
SEPTEMBER 29
3. Schubert Song cycles
Die Schöne Müllerin (The Pretty Miller Maid)
Die Winterreise (A Winter’s Journey)
OCTOBER 6
4. Schumann Songs and Song cycles
from Myrthen (Myrtles)
Widmung (Dedication)
Der Nussbaum (The Nut Tree)
from Liederkreis, op.39
In der Fremde (In Foreign Lands)
Waldgespräch (Forest Conversation)
Mondnacht (Moonlight Night)
Auf Einer Berg (On a Castle)
from Dichterliebe
1.Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (In the wonderfully beautiful month of May)
2. Aus meinen Thränen spriessen (From my tears)
5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen (I will dip my soul)
7. Ich grolle nicht (I bear no grudge)
9. Das ist eine Flöte und Geigen (That is a flute and violin)
11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen (A boy loves a girl)
12. Am leuchtegen Sommer Morgen (On a radiant summer morning)
16. Die alte böse Lieder (The old bad songs)
Frauenliebe und Leben (Woman’s Life and Love)
Dichterliebe (Poet’s Love)
OCTOBER 13
5. French Artsong (Melodie)
Berlioz Les nuits d'été (Summer Nights)
Fauré Apres un Reve (After a Dream), Clair de Lune (Moonlight), Chanson D'Amour (Love Song) Les Berceaux (The Cradles), Aurore (Dawn) Au bord de l’eau (At the Water’s Edge)
Debussy Ariettes oubliées (Forgotten songs), Chansons de Bilitis
OCTOBER 20
6. Brahms Songs
Von Ewiger Liebe (On Eternal Love)
Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir (Like Melodies)
Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
Anklänge (Echoes)
Meine Liebe ist grün (My Love’s as Green)
Da Unten im Tale (Down in the Valley)
Feldeinsamkeit (Alone in Fields)
Auf dem Kirchhofe (In the Churchyard)
Geheimnis (Secret)
Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht (Death, that is the cool night)
Heimweh I and II (Homesick)
Vergebliches Standchen (Vain Serenade)
Es hing der Reif (The Hanging Frost)
OCTOBER 27
7. Wolf Songs
Das verlassene Mägdlein (The forsaken servant girl)
Gesang Weylas (Weyla’s Song)
An Die Geliebte (To the Beloved)
Gebet (Prayer)
In Dem Schatten Meiner Locken (In the Shadow of My Tresses)
O wär dein Haus durchsichtig wie ein Glas (O if only your house was transparent like glass)
Anakreons Grab (Anacreon’s Grave)
Auch Kleine Dinge (Also Small Things)
In der Frühe (Early Morning)
Verborgenheit (Seclusion)
Herr, was trägt den Boden hier (Lord, what does the earth bear here?)
NOVEMBER 3
8. Strauss and Mahler Songs
Strauss—Die Nacht (Night), Morgen (Morning), Allerseelen (All Soul’s Day), All Mein Gedanken (All My Thoughts), Du Meines Herzen’s Krönlein (You My Heart’s Coronet)
Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
Mahler—Lieder eines fahren Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer), Rückert Lieder, Kindertotenlieder (Songs of Dead Children)
SPECIAL SESSION DECEMBER 1
9. Steinberg-Payne Artsong Premiere
An inside look into the process of creating and performing an artsong.
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Sessions are Wednesday afternoons 4pm-6pm Pacific Time on Zoom