Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
J. W. v.. Goethe |
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German 455/ 555: Music and German Literature in the 19th and 20th Century
This course explores interrelationships between music and German Literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including (1) musical settings of German poetry and drama, (2) musical structures and concepts in German prose, poetry and drama, (3) writings on music by German composers, musicians and critics, and (4) works of German literature about composers and musicians.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Deutsche Gedichte (Echtermeyer, von Wiese, Paefgen)
Richard
Wagner, Tannhäuser (Reclam)
Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von
Nürnberg (Reclam)
Georg Büchner, Woyzeck (Reclam)
Bertolt
Brecht, Die Dreigroschenoper (Suhrkamp)
Writings of German
Composers (Ed. by Jost Hermand and James Steakley)
Class Materials for
German 455/555 (Available after January 10 from Arizona Print and Copy, 1033 N.
Park, 882-3995)
OPTIONAL TEXTS
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Der Rosenkavalier (Reclam)
Lois Phillips,
Lieder Line by Line (Duckworth)
Leonard Forster, The Penguin Book
of German Verse
Kenneth Whitton, Goethe and Schubert
Lorraine
Gorrell, The Nineteenth Century German Lied
SYLLABUS
First Week
Introduction and Preliminary Definitions:
Literature
in Music: Program Music
Music and Literature: Vocal Music
Music in
Literature: Word Music, Musical Structures and Techniques, Verbal Music
Reading: Stephan P. Scher, "Literature and Music"
(handout from:
Interrelationships of Literature)
Topic 1: Poetry and Song: The German Lied in the Early Nineteenth
Century
Poets: Goethe, Heine, Eichendorff, Mörike
Composers:
Schubert, Loewe, Reichardt, Zelter, Schumann, Wolf
Reading: Selections by
Schubert, Schumann and Wolf in Writings of German Composers
Second and Third Weeks
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
J. W. v.. Goethe |
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Heinrich Heine Reading and Listening: "Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen" (Schumann) "Belsatzar" (Schumann) "Am Rhein, im heilgen Strome" (Schumann) "Die beiden Grenadiere" (Schumann) |
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Fourth and Fifth Weeks
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Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff |
E. Mörike |
Eduard Mörike Reading and Listening "Um Mitternacht" (Wolf) "Der Feuerreiter" (Wolf) "Die Geister am Mummelsee" (Wolf) "Der Jäger" (Wolf) "Denk es, o Seele" (Wolf) "Selbstgeständnis" (Wolf) "Begegnung" (Wolf) "Abschied" (Wolf) "Zur Warnung" (Wolf) "Auftrag" (Wolf) "Der Tambour" (Wolf) "Bei einer Trauung" (Wolf) |
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Topic 2: German Opera in the Nineteenth Century
Sixth and Seventh Weeks
Richard Wagner |
R. Wagner |
Selections from German Operas (mp3)
Topic 3: The German Cabaret-Chanson in the Twentieth Century
Eighth and Ninth Weeks
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 Erich Kästner |
Reading and Listening "Der Revoluzzer" (Mühsam/Reinitz) "Ich baumle mit de Beene"(Klabund/Hollaender) "Das Jroschenlied" (Hollaender/Hollaender) "Der Graben" (Tucholsky) "Rote Melodie" (Tucholsky) "Dressur" (Mehring/Hollaender) "Sex-Appeal" (Schiffer/Hollaender) "Danach" (Tucholsky/Bienert) "Singt eine uffn Hof" (Tucholsky/Bienert) "Sachliche Romanze" (Kästner) "Die Dame von der alten Schule" (Nelson) "Emil seine Hände" (Günther) "Die zersägte Dame" (Hollaender) "Der Nowak läßt sich nicht verkommen"(Wiener) "Der Papa wird schon richten" (Bronner) |
F. Hollaender |
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Selected German Cabaret Songs (mp3-Dateien)
Topic 4: Music as a Topic in German Literature
Tenth
Week
E.T.A. Hoffmann |
E.T.A. Hoffmann, Don Juan |
W.A. Mozart |
Topic 5: Opera in the Twentieth Century
Eleventh and Twelfth Weeks
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Reading, Listening and Viewing Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss) Georg Büchner: Woyzeck (Alban Berg) |
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Selections from German Operas (mp3)
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Weeks: The New Opera
Kurt Weill |
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht Die Dreigroschenoper Reading: Theodor Adorno on new German music |
Bertolt Brecht |
Fifteenth Week
Reading: Selections by Arnold Schönberg, Anton
Webern, Alban Berg, Paul Dessau and Kurt Weill from Writings of German
Composers
Summary
EVALUATION
Graduate Students (German 555):
1. Two oral presentations or lecture-recitals on a specific topic from the syllabus |
30% 10% 20% 20% 20% |
Undergraduate Students (German 455)
| 1. One oral presentation or lecture-recital on a specific topic from the syllabus 2. Class Participation 3. Midterm Exam 4. Final Exam 5. Research paper (approx. 8-10 pages) on a specific topic from or related to the syllabus |
20% 20% 20% 20% 20% |
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It is defined there as "intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas of
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Special Needs:
Students with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations to fully participate in course activities or meet course requirements must register with the Disability Resource Center. ( http://drc.arizona.edu/ ). If you qualify for services through DRC, bring your letter of accommodations to me as soon as possible.
