Type of Document	Treatise
Author	Feris, Alessandra
Author's Email Address	alessandraferis@gmail.com
URN	etd-12202008-134734
Title	Schumann’s Gesänge der Frühe, Opus 133 From A Schenkerian Perspective
Degree	Doctor of Musical Arts
Department	Music, College of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Michael Buchler Committee Co-Chair Read Gainsford Committee Co-Chair Carolyn Bridger Committee Member James Mathes Outside Committee Member
Keywords	Schenkerian Schenker Chromatic Piano Romantic Schumann Gesänge der Frühe
Date of Defense	2008-12-05
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Robert Schumann’s mental illness has been regarded as having affected the quality of his compositions during the final years of his life. While works like Carnaval Op. 9 and Kreisleriana Op. 16 have always been a central part of the piano repertoire, Schumann’s late compositions are viewed with some suspicion. His last work for piano, Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133, is no exception. Rarely performed, Op. 133 features a more complex musical language than Schumann’s earlier works. While there is a growing body of research on Schumann’s late style, no analyst has published an examination of Op. 133. In an effort to contribute to a better understanding of this set of miniatures, this treatise will focus on an analysis of its tonal structure, presenting discussions based upon Schenker’s Theory of Levels.
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