Studies in Music with Text (Oxf Studies in Music Theory)
This volume comprises essays (some previously published) on the interrelationship of words and music in selected works by Mozart, Schubert, the Schumanns, Wagner, Brahms, Schoenberg, and Babbitt. The breadth of the late author's knowledge is, by itself, astonishing. A composer and a professor of music at Harvard, Lewin (1933-2003) is a widely recognized as one of he most important theorists of the 20th century. His wife, friends, and colleagues made sure that his final manuscript was brought to publication. It is a superb testimonial to his lifelong concern with text as an essential element of music deserving as much attention as the notes. Although these essays were written primarily for theorists, those passionate about singing, opera, or interdisciplinary approaches to music will find much here to interest them. Lewin's theory is never far from practice and his observations, cleanly argued, seem inevitable. --Choice--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.