Compositional Characteristics of Schubert's Art Songs

COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHUBERT’S ART SONGS
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Franz Schubert's art songs presented during the Romantic period are considered unique and expressive in various ways. Scholars have been trying to assess the compositional characteristics of Schubert's art songs to highlight the importance of melody and composition in his romantic music. He excelled in numerous secular vocal works and completed symphonies, operas, and sacred music. In this paper, I plan to showcase some of the characteristics of Schubert's art songs and how he expressed them lyrically and melodically. The paper will specifically analyze some of Schubert's compositional characteristics, such as creativity, dialectic imagery and repetition, poetic interpretation, homophonic texture, tonality, and composing from different poetic artists. Franz Schubert's art songs are worth exploring because they provide a unique and beautiful perspective on the human experience while bringing to light the importance of melody and composition in romantic music. In addition, they provide depth understanding of techniques, practical applications, and performance guides for art song compositions to modern artists. Thus, the major reason that Schubert’s songs have been selected is because of his prowess in musical composition that many of his time’s counterparts did not possess. The analysis will consider the work of various scholars to clarify how they interpreted Schubert's art songs through articles and dissertations.
Introduction
Schubert was a transitional figure who focused on romantic art and seemed to have suffered, languishing in obscurity. His initial instrumental compositions tended to a classical approach. Schubert’s melodic and harmonic creation of his art songs rendered him a romantic composer. Franz Schubert's art songs are worth exploring because they provide a unique and beautiful perspective on the human experience while bringing to light the importance of melody and composition in romantic music. In addition, they offer a deep understanding of techniques, practical applications, and performance guides for art song compositions. In this assignment, Schubert's compositional characteristics of art songs are analyzed to highlight the importance of melody and composition in his romantic music. These features include numerous secular vocal works, completed symphonies, operas, and sacred music. The analysis will consider the work of many scholars to clarify how they interpreted Schubert's art songs through articles and dissertations. However, some scholars did not address Schubert's fingerprints, such as the violent nature of musical manifestation and the classicizing manner.[Boumpani, N. "Chapter 11: The Romantic Era." Manifold Apps.] [Lin, Yueh-Reng. The impact of the Lied on selected piano works of Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Johannes Brahms. University of Cincinnati, 2004.]
Creativity Component of Schubert’s Songs
Franz Schubert presented his songs with creativity and style, even though they lacked dramatic power. Schubert’s crafted his pieces with well-articulated tones and serene timbre. The artist’s piano sonatas exhibit a great wealth of technical...