I finally remembered to look at the book I mentioned: The Schubert Song Companion by John Reed.
"Schubert's instictive awareness of the emotional colour of individual keys is an essential part of his finding the best musical form for a particular text... However, Schubert thought nothing of transposing his songs to suit individual singers, or the convenience of publishers. Moreover, the autograph, where it exists, and the first edition often differ in key used. Not too much weight, therefore should be attached to individual examples." Mr. Reed goes on to make generalizations about each key according to the songs Schubert composed in that key. I'll quote E major since that is the given key of Auf Dem Strom "The emotional associations of E Major are with innocence and joy. Seligkeit and An die Freude are characteristic, but the uncomplicated happiness they represent is not to be confused with felicity, or with the the contemplative joy of harmony with Narture and with God. The songs of innocence almost always confine themselves to E Major, but there is also a philosophical dimension to this key..." He then lists the 36 songs in E Major. As an aside: Die Forelle the song is in Db major, but is set in D Major in the famous quintet. Hope this helps.. Steve _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_122008_______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
