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Franz Schubert: Erlkönig

Bibliography

D’Amante, Elvo S. Music Fundamentals. New

York: Ardsley House, 1994. Print

Grout, Donald Jay, J. Peter Burkholder, and Claude V.

Palisca. A History of Western Music. 8th ed. New York: Norton, 2010. Print.

Smithsonian Music, The Definitive Visual History. New

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Wright, Craig, and Bryan Simms. Music in Western

Civilization. Boston: Schirmer, 2010. Print.

A Brief Background

  • Written in 1815
  • Original ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • About a father riding on horse with his son to get home, when the son sees an Erlking.

Growth

  • A through-composed lied
  • Antecedant and consequent phrases present
  • Length of time between phrases differs

A Complex Musical Translation

  • four characters for solo voice with piano accompaniment
  • key is g minor
  • triplet figure in piano is the galloping horse
  • dynamics highlight tone of fear in the son character
  • the piano drops out at the end for dramatic effect
  • there is minor text painting

Sound

  • Conjunct and disjunct motion changes for each character as does range
  • More chromaticism used as the piece progresses
  • Boy's cries to father are the b9 of the chord
  • Melody rises as the piece continues
  • chord progressions contribute to the rising tension of the piece
  • chromatic additions become more frequent
  • tonicization of the neapolitan chord
  • distance of modulations grows and becomes sudden

Harmony

Melody

Rhythm

  • Meter is written as common time but piano sounds in 12/8
  • Tempo marked Schnell
  • Gallop of horse changes according to the story
  • Rhythm becomes more complex as piece progresses, creating a 2 over 3 feel.
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