Unit XX Choral and Dramatic Music in the Nineteenth Century

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Unit XX Choral and Dramatic Music in the
Nineteenth Century

• Chapter 57 Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and the
  Romanatic Part Song

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Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

• Eldest of the Mendelsohn children retained close
  relationship with her brother, Felix, throughout
  her life.
• Noted for her out put of Lieder, choral part
  songs, and piano music.
• Composed some large scale works such as her Piano
  Trio, Op. 11, a string quartet, several cantatas,
  and an oratorio.
• First published her set of songs in 1846
• Opus 1

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Under The Greenwood Tree (Unter des laubdachs Hut)

• Written in 1846 part song for 4 voice
  choir(SATB)
• Strophic text comes from Shakespeares As You
  Like It
• See Listening Guide 34, pp. 297-298 for theme and
  analysis (CD 3, 34-37)