Dr. Music

Dr. Music Season 2 Episode 14

Matthew Marullo

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As a companion to Episode 5, we will take a look at another German lied - not by Schubert, but by his successor, Robert Schumann.  Like Schubert, Schumann wrote some of the most beautiful song cycles in the history of western European music.  Perhaps his most popular cycle, Dichterliebe, is based on the poetry of Heinrich Heine, and contains a wealth of musical poetry.  How, in the space of only a minute and a half, can  Schumann so vividly evoke the meaning of the text through his manipulation of keys and harmonies? We will gain a clear insight into how this is accomplished by examining the first song in the cycle, Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,  or In The Beautiful Month of May.