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"Dummy" review page: a field-by field explanation of Ihr Lieder! song reviews
Composer: surname, forename and other names, honorific (if any)
Dates: birth year-death year (if available)
Song title: title of song as it appeared in original publication (if unavailable, as it appears on score in hand) = parallel titles in other languages [important variant titles in other publications in brackets]
Opus, no., etc.: opus number (if any), numbering within original opus, publication, cycle or other grouping (if any)
Music collection title: title of original publication, or of cycle with which song was originally grouped
Imprint(s): place: publisher, date of original publication; other early important imprint(s)
Source(s) for score: title, imprint, plate number of publication(s) in which I have found a score of this song; where publication(s) can be found (name of library, and/or OCLC WorldCat database control number(s))
1st line of poem: first line of the Heine text which is set to music in this song, or the first line of an excerpted stanza (Hyperlink to full text or full text with English translation)
Source of poem: location of text in Heine's collected works in this order: Collection title: sub-collection(s), number within collection or sub-collection
Date of composition: date when song was composed (if available)
Nationality of composer: nationality and/or ethnic identity of composer (if available)
Language(s) of text:
Tempo marking: tempo marking given at head of score; subsequent tempo changes of a significant sectional nature
Key: predominant tonal center and mode (i.e. major/minor) if applicable
Time signature: predominant time signature(s)
No. of measures: number of measures
Approximate duration: approximate duration of song in recorded performance(s) and/or read-through
Form: mainly differentiates through-composed from strophic songs; some further analysis if interesting
Vocal range: lowest and highest note of vocal part given in normal male pitch range, followed by brackets containing the same transposed up one octave. Pitch nomenclature: middle c = c' ; octave starting on middle c = c' upward to b' ; octave below middle c = c upward to b ; octave below that = C upward to B
Vocal tessitura: very brief description of general tessitura of the vocal part, with comments on particular sections or difficulties if necessary (Hyperlink to chart of general vocal range and tessitura)
Vocal rhythms: general rhythmic character of vocal part, with comments on particular difficulties if necessary
Vocal intervals: general comments about which are the predominant intervals appearing in the vocal part, with particular comments on unusual or difficult intervals if necessary
Vocal comments: general characterization of vocal part(s), e.g. overall technical difficulty, and any other important features not included in the previous four categories
Textual variants, etc.: changes to Heine's text made by the composer, including word and phrase repetitions, contractions, etc., but not spelling differences
Instrumental part(s): summary of general features, technical challenges and overall contributions of instrumental part(s), usually piano
Summary: Overview of the song in general, often with: a short analysis of overall structure and interesting features; an evaluation of its possible effectiveness in performance; how effectively and in what way the meaning of the poem is illustrated, enhanced and/or embodied; comparison with other settings of the same text, if any (Hyperlink to in-depth analysis, if any)
Hyperlink to a list of other settings of the same poem (if any)
Hyperlink to a list of other Heine settings by the same composer (if any)
Hyperlink to the Ihr Lieder! website's homepage
Hyperlink to the Index of composers
Hyperlink to the Index of first lines and titles
Hyperlink to the Listing of poems in published order
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Copyright © 2000, Peter W. Shea
Last Edited: 5 February 2009
