{"product_id":"the-osterwald-liederbuch","title":"The Osterwald Liederbuch","description":"\u003cp\u003eÒÉ the more one listens to this music the more clear it seems that the intimate alchemy binding these words and music together is potentiated by nothing less than love Ð however one chooses to understand that word. Irrespective of further biographical considerations, and on musical grounds alone, this symbiotic relationship places the Franz-Osterwald collaboration as one of the most fascinating in the history of the German lied and, until now, one of the most underestimated.Ó - Graham Johnson.  Robert Franz composed fifty-one varied and contrasting settings of love poems written by his close friend, Karl Wilhelm Osterwald, collected here for the first time in a new edition. The songs hint at the Òdeep passionÓ of 1837Ð1846, noted by Liszt. The themes of shame, secrecy, and self-sacrifice, make these bold, lyrical songs unique in the genre of 19th century German lieder.  \u003cbr\u003e\nThis illustrated volume also contains a fascinating body of new research, translations, discography and appendix of associated works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44260901879969,"sku":"9781916247703","price":66.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/124rrjee-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1713911147","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/the-osterwald-liederbuch","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}