Analysis Of The Poem Schubert - 903 Words

Avrial Turner Dr. Greenough Theory IV 5 April 2017 Schubert Analysis As the only â€Å"canonic Viennese composer native to Vienna,† Schubert, 1792-1828, â€Å"made seminal contributions† in multiple areas of musical composition, but he â€Å"most especially† made contributions to the area of â€Å"German lied† (Winter). His distinctive style could be part in due to the fact that he was native to Vienna, unlike other â€Å"celebrated musicians of Vienna like Haydn, Mozart, [...] and Beethoven† (Winter). Throughout Schubert’s life, he showed prolific musical ability. At the mere age of seven, he auditioned and impressed Antonia Salieri, a notable composer, and even became a mezzo-soprano in a group of nine in church services. At age nine, Schubert took violin†¦show more content†¦This loss of emotional control is heard through the first two lines of poetry in the second stanza being repeated in a heart aching sequence that seems to describe tears that do not stop falling. The piano li ne is reminiscent of falling tears in the first two lines of the second stanza with the descending line and syncopation. In the last two lines of the second stanza, the same piano syncopations with a rising line evoke the heartbeat of the singer as they sing â€Å"laß ab, main herz, zo klopfen† (â€Å"cease, my heart, your beating†). After the heart wrenching second stanza, Schubert repeats the first stanza with similar but not identical harmonic movement. The repeat of the first stanza returns the song to a more self-controlled and resigned tone. A common idea of Schubert’s lied and poetry of Schubert’s time was resignation to whatever troubles were about. A return to the first stanza of poetry suggests that the singer as resigned to his or her fate of lost love. â€Å"Pause† by Schubert contains similar aspects to â€Å"Die Liebe hat gelogen,† but it also contains distinct differences. One such difference is in the composition setti ng of â€Å"Pause.† This song is part of a greater song cycle Die schà ¶ne Mà ¼llerin whereas â€Å"Die Liebe hat gelogen† is a standalone song. The song cycle tells a tragic story of isolation and love loss. Perhaps Schubert chose this particular text because of his declining health and increasing isolation from the modern world. Despite why SchubertShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of The Poem Schubert s Elfking 1659 Words   |  7 PagesSchubert s Elfking was his initially distributed creation, and has turned out to be considered among the finest tunes in the established repertoire. The content that the music is set to be composed by that popular German artistic figure, Goethe. It is a somewhat dull sonnet, particularly considering that it was imagined as a section of a bigger work in an abstract class with entertaining and humorous connotations. 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