MUS 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Schubertiade, Spinning Wheel, Biedermeier
Document Summary
End of napoleonic wars to the start of the european revolutions. Access to better educational institutions - literacy improves! Music published for private use in the home - lieder, etc. Private musical performances given to friends and family. Music performed by a small compliment of musicians for a small audience. Chamber music = music performed by a small compliment of musicians for a small audience. Over 600 lieder, 9 symphonies, much chamber music. Studied violin and composition as a youth. Associated with painters, poets, dramatists, and other artists --not musicians. Schubertiade: small, social functions which featured schubert and his music. Eating, drinking conversing, and dancing were important components in addition to the music. Text comes from der erlkonig", a poem composed by goethe in 1782. Each represented by a different melodic range and vocal timbre. Premiered in karntnetortheater (same as beethoven"s ninth) Piano accompaniment represents the spinning wheel and treadle. First schubert lied to use the words of goethe.
