Lieder in America

On Stages and in Parlors

Heather Platt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2023 | New edition
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
9780252045486 (ISBN)

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Lieder and the rise of song recital in the United States, 1850–1914 Though viewed as quintessentially German, lieder became a centerpiece of nineteenth century song recitals in the United States. By the 1890s, these songs, which were often sung in English, were a sensation among tutored and untutored music lovers alike. Heather Platt examines the varied supporters and singers who both established the lied as a concert repertoire and shaped a new kind of recital dedicated to art songs. Lieder were embraced and spread by performers like Max Heinrich and advocates like John Sullivan Dwight, as well as by the women’s clubs that flourished nationwide. At the same time as examining the critical reception of the artists and songs, Platt reveals ways in which US recital programs anticipated trends in European recitals. She also places lieder against the backdrop of the time, when factors like the growth in the sheet music industry, the evolution of American art song, and emerging anti-German feeling had a profound impact on the genre’s popularity.

Heather Platt is Sursa Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts and professor of music at Ball State University. She is the author of Johannes Brahms: A Research and Information Guide second edition, and coeditor of Expressive Interactions in Brahms: Essays in Analysis and Meaning.

Acknowledgments Notes Regarding Titles of Compositions and Sources

Introduction

Introducing a “Higher Class” of Song to American Audiences
Song Recitals and Song Recital Series
The Henschels’ Polyglot “Vocal Recitals”
Max Heinrich’s “Classical Song Recitals”
Max Heinrich’s Expanding Stylistic and Geographic Vistas
Villa Whitney White and Women’s Music Clubs
David Bispham and the Heyday of Song Recitals

Epilogue: The End of an Era Appendix: Milestones in the Development of Song Recitals

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.11.2023
Reihe/Serie	Music in American Life
Zusatzinfo	9 black & white photographs, 2 music examples, 14 tables
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-13	9780252045486 / 9780252045486
Zustand	Neuware