Las canciones completas de Hugo Wolf : Vida, cartas, "Lieder"

This book brings together for the first time all the poems set to music by the celebrated Austrian composer Hugo Wolf, accompanied by insightful commentary from Richard Stokes, a renowned expert on Lieder. The analysis of each song includes a brief introduction to the poem's author—Byron, Goethe, Hebbel, Heine, Ibsen, and Shakespeare, among many others—a note on Wolf's connections with the poet, excerpts from letters that shed light on the songs and the circumstances of their composition, as well as the original poems and their translations. An essential volume for any lover of German Romantic Lied.