Frauenliebe und Leben

Contents

• Introduction;
• 1. Women in early nineteenth-century Germany: societal conventions, ideology, relationships;
• Part I . The Poetry:
• 2. Adelbert von Chamisso: a sketch of his life and works;
• 3. Chamisso's poems about women: a literary context for Frauenliebe und Leben;
• Part II . The Music:
• 4. The musical reception of Frauenliebe und Leben;
• 5. Schumann at work on his songs;
• 6. Schumann's cycle: analysis and comparative interpretation; Afterword;
• Appendix
• 1. Chronological listing of nineteenth-century Frauenliebe und Leben settings;
• Appendix
• 2. Poetry in the original German and in English translation.