A superb collection of essays from some of the world's leading experts on song. Fanny Hensel's Lieder finally receive the first-class scholarship they so richly deserve.
Stephen Rodgers is Professor of Music Theory and Musicianship at the University of Oregon. He writes about the relationship between music and poetry, focusing especially on the songs of nineteenth-century composers such as Franz Schubert, Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, and Clara Schumann. He is also active as a tenor and has performed several lecture-recitals throughout the United States.