Romantic Lieder and the Search for Lost Paradise

Contents

• Introduction seeking lost paradise;
• Part I . The Lost World of Antiquity:
• 1. Schubert's Greek revival;
• 2. Goethe, Wolf, and the lure of immortality;
• Part II . The Lost World of Childhood:
• 3. Sleep and death in Schubert's lullabies;
• 4. Brahms's spiral journey back home;
• Part III . The Lost World of Folk Song:
• 5. Schubert's songs-within-songs;
• 6. On wings of song from Reichardt to Mahler.