Hugo Wolf and the Wagnerian Inheritance [Hardcover]

This 1999 book offers an in-depth study of the music of Hugo Wolf.In spite of growing interest in the songs of Hugo Wolf, there is still a lack of serious critical discussion of the nature of his achievements. This book offers an in-depth study of his music, including detailed analyses of selected songs. Perspectives from musical analysis and history are brought together to show how this composer and late nineteenth-century song have a far more significant role in helping us to understand Wagner's musical and aesthetic influence than has yet been realised.In spite of growing interest in the songs of Hugo Wolf, there is still a lack of serious critical discussion of the nature of his achievements. This book offers an in-depth study of his music, including detailed analyses of selected songs. Perspectives from musical analysis and history are brought together to show how this composer and late nineteenth-century song have a far more significant role in helping us to understand Wagner's musical and aesthetic influence than has yet been realised.In spite of growing interest in the songs of Hugo Wolf, there is still a lack of serious critical discussion of the nature of his achievements. This book offers an in-depth study of his music, including detailed analyses of selected songs. Perspectives from musical analysis and history are brought together to show how this composer and late-nineteenth-century song have a far more significant role in helping us to understand Wagner's musical and aesthetic influence than has yet been realized.Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. 'Music of the future'? The nature of the Wagnerian inheritance; 2. 'Wagner of the Lied'? Wolf as critic of Wagner and Wagnerism; 3. Small things can also enchant us - Wolf's challenge to nineteenth-century views of song; 4. 'Poetry the man, music the woman'? Wolf's reworking in his M?rike songs of Wagner's aesthetics of words and music; 5. The integrity of musical language - questions of form and meaning in l£Q