Chapter V: Part III: The Romantic Song

VIII. FRANZ SCHUBERT 186

Art-song and the romantic spirit--Precursors of
Schubert--Schubert’s contribution to song; Schubert’s
poets--Classification of Schubert’s songs--Faults and
virtues--The songs in detail; the cycles--Schubert’s
contemporaries.

IX. ROBERT SCHUMANN 231

Romantic music and romantic poetry--Schumann as a
song-writer--The earlier songs--The ‘Woman’s Life’ cycle;
the ‘Poet’s Love’ cycle; the later songs--Schumann’s
contemporaries.

X. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF SCHUBERT AND SCHUMANN 258

The spirit of the ‘thirties’ in France; the lyric poets of
the French romantic period--Monpou and Berlioz--Song-writers
of Italy; English song-writers--Robert Franz--Löwe and the
art-ballad.

XI. BRAHMS, WAGNER AND LISZT 276

Brahms as a song-writer--Classification of Brahms’ songs;
the ‘folk-songs’; analysis of Brahms’ songs--Wagner’s
songs; Liszt as a song-writer.

XII. LATE ROMANTICS IN GERMANY AND ELSEWHERE 296

The dilution of the romantic spirit--Grieg and his
songs--Minor romantic lyricists: Peter Cornelius, Adolph
Jensen, Eduard Lassen, George Henschel, and Halfdan Kjerulf;
Dvořák’s songs--French song-writers: Gounod and others;
Saint-Saëns and Massenet; minor French lyricists--Edward
MacDowell as song-writer; Nevin and others--Rubinstein and
Tschaikowsky--English song.