"My songs are my diary" : an investigation of biographical content in the Köstlin settings of Josephine Lang
| dc.contributor.author | Krebs, Sharon | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-14T18:33:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-14T18:33:57Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2001 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Germanic and Russian Studies | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The German Lied composer Josephine Lang ( 1815-1880) is frequently quoted as having said that her songs are her diary . Although this statement has coloured virtually all analytical work on her songs, it has not been subjected to a critical and thorough evaluation. Focusing on Lang 's settings of her husband ' s poems, this thesis investigates the following: 1) Lang's verbal notes on the song manuscripts as a diary in the literal sense; 2) Lang's choice of texts for her songs; 3) the significance of Lang's textual modifications of the poems she set; and, 4) the biographical inferences that may be drawn from the music of Lang' s songs. Lang' s entries in her "song diary" range from straightforward to veiled. By examining four possibilities for making entries in a "song diary" and by synthesizing information from a number of previously unexplored primary sources, a number of new insights into Lang' s life and work are gained. The thesis fills gaps in her biography; corrects errors in earlier writings about Lang; demonstrates the complexity of her text selection; presents groups of songs with particular biographical significance; and uncovers information about Lang 's critical stance, her convictions and her perceptions. Lang's famous statement is shown to be true on a number of levels. | |
| dc.format.extent | 144 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/18497 | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.title | "My songs are my diary" : an investigation of biographical content in the Köstlin settings of Josephine Lang | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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