Schubert and Mayrhofer
By: Michael Davidson & Henk Hillenaar
Contributors: Hillenaar, Henk, 1935-
Publisher: Kahn & Averill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781871082913
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; German Songs; History and criticism; Songs with piano; Music and literature
Other titles: Schubert & Mayrhofer
Notes: Discussion of the 47 songs and (briefly) 2 operas Schubert set to Mayrhofer's writings; includes song texts in German with authors' English translations.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Background. Vienna before and during Schubert's lifetime ; Schubert before Mayrhofer ; Mayrhofer before Schubert ; Schubert, Mayrhofer and their time ; The German Lied before and after Schubert ; Schubert's choice of poets; title: Speculations and beginnings. Schubert, victim of character and history ; Sexuality and art, a fraught debate ; Shaky evidence ; 'The young peacocks' and two puzzles ; A summing-up in an un-conclusive case ; Am See, D.124 (1814) ; Liane, D.298 (1815) ;The opera, Die Freunde von Salamanka, D.326 (1816); title: Schubert and Mayrhofer in 1816. Fragment aus dem Aeschylus, D.450 ; Liedesend, D.473, 473 ; Abschied : Über die Berge, D.475 ; Rückweg, D.476 ; Alte Liebe rostet nie, D.477 ;  Der Hirt, D.490 ; Geheimnis, an Franz Schubert, D.491 ; Zum Punsche, D.492 ; Abendiied der Fürstin, D.495; title: The Mayrhofer songs of January-March 1817. Der Alpenjager, D.524 ; Wie Ulfru fischt, D.525 ; Fahrt zum Hades, D.526 ; Schlaflied, D.527 ; Der Schiffer, D.536 ; Am Strome, D.539 ; Philoktet, D.540 ; Memnon, D.541 ; Antigone und Oedip, D.542 ; Orest auf Tauris, D.548 ; Der entsünhte Orest, D.699; title: The later songs of 1817. Auf der Donau, D.553 ; Nach einem Gewitter, D.561 ; Iphigenia, D.573 ; Augenlied, D.297 ; Sehnsucht, D.516 ; Atys, D.585 ; Erlafsee, D.586 ; Freiwilliges Versinken, D.700; title: Three epics. Uraniens Flucht, D.544 ; Die Einsamkeit, D.620 ; The opera, Adrast, D.137; title: The songs from the Wipplingerstrasse. An die Freunde, D.654 ; Beim Winde, D.669 ; Die Sternennächte, D.670 ; Trost, D.671 ; Nachtstück, D.672 ; Über allen Zauber Liebe, D.682 ; Der zürnenden Diana, D.707 ; The remaining period with Mayrhofer; title: The final Mayrhofer songs. Nachtviolen, D.752 ; Aus Heliopolis I, D.753 ; Aus Heliopolis II, D.754 ; Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren, D.360 ; Schubert, between April 1822 and March 1824 ; Der Sieg, D.805 ; Abendstern, D.806 ; Auflösung, D.807 ; Gondelfahrer, D.808 ; Gondelfahrer (for vocal quartet), D.809; title: Triumph and catastrophe. An accident of history ; Mayrhofer after 1824 ; Postludes.