Throughout the 19th century, the genre of art song developed into a sophisticated art form for the concert stage as well as for the home. In addition to the videos, click on the text links to listen to a few more art songs.
His Lieder offer the same natural vocal writing he brought to opera — and the same wide-ranging dramatic sense. Other Classical composers who wrote in the burgeoning Lied genre include Louise Reichardt , Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven , who invented the song cycle more on that next!
In , Ludwig van Beethoven had the idea of writing a set of six Lieder with an overarching narrative: his An die ferne Geliebte To the Distant Beloved. This new genre came to be known as a Liederkries , or in English, a song cycle.
Some song cycles tell a story, some have a common theme, and some are merely meant to be sung in a series for aesthetic reasons. Franz Schubert — was a master of the Lied. Perhaps his greatest song cycle is Winterreise D. As the 19th century progress, composers like Robert Schumann , Johannes Brahms and Hugo Wolf added increasingly sophisticated song cycles and individual Lieder to the repertoire.
Many Lieder became increasingly complex for the average home musician: the solo recital was becoming a popular style of performance, thanks to Franz Liszt, who invented the term, and composers were writing for the skills of professional recitalists as well as for amateurs. However, the Lied was still an entrenched home music genre, and that gave a special edge to women composers in the 19th century. Many women who wrote symphonic music or chamber music in the Romantic period struggled to promote interest in their work, but since the Lied was considered a domestic genre, women faced fewer barriers to be accepted as composers of art song.
Song Text. German-speaking composers did much of the early work developing the art song genre, but it spread among composers of many languages. His masterful, text-sensitive writing for both voice and piano make his art songs perennially popular with singers.
Traditionally, art song is scored for voice and piano, but music genre rules have never been set in stone, especially during the experimental Romantic period. Early Romantic Era. Search for:. Art Song Art songs are not new to the Romantic era.
Introduction An art song is a vocal music composition, usually written for one voice with piano accompaniment, and usually in the classical tradition. Other factors help define art songs: Songs that are part of a staged work such as an opera or a musical are not usually considered art songs.
There is no agreement regarding sacred songs. Others sacred songs may or may not be considered art songs. A group of art songs composed to be performed in a group to form a narrative or dramatic whole is called a song cycle.
Art song is distinct from other types of song, such as popular song, in a couple of notable ways:. Historically, art song as a genre developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and was shaped by social and economic factors.
During this time, the burgeoning middle class became significant and highly influential consumers of music. The piano, with its dynamic and expressive qualities, became the favoured instrument to have in their homes. This led to a demand for music that could be performed in this context, and composers sought to meet it by writing vocal music that was accessible to this public.
Art song was also established within specific national traditions.
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