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    STUDIA MUSICA - Issue no. 2 / 2016  
         
  Article:   THE FORMAL, TONAL AND HARMONIC LOGIC OF ROBERT SCHUMANN’S FRAUENLIEBE UND LEBEN (A WOMAN’S LOVE AND LIFE), OP. 42.

Authors:  GABRIELA COCA. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:   This study, after the succinct description of the poetical content of the lyrics that underline the songs cycle A Woman’s Love and Life, op. 42 by Robert Schumann, present in a synthetic table the form structures of the songs. Then there are presented the main tonal characteristics of the songs, the tonal ethos being associated and explained in relation to the dramatically content of the text. After the tonal synthesis, there are extracted and analyzed several interesting chordic solutions realized by Schumann in the songs cycle.

Keywords: Robert Schumann, Frauenliebe und Leben, A Woman’s Love and Life, formal logic, tonal logic, harmonic solutions, poetical content, tonal ethos, text, dramatically content 		 
         
     
         
         
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