Summary
Susan Youens (born 1947) is the author of many books on German lieder. A musicologist, her work on Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf is considered some of the most scholarly and useful material on these composers. Both musicologists and performers have often cited her work.[citation needed]
As well as her books, she writes program notes for vocal recitals at Carnegie Hall in New York City. A native of Houston, Texas, she is a professor at the University of Notre Dame, as well as being a frequent guest speaker.
Her twin sister, Laura Youens-Wexler (1947–2019) was also a musicologist whose work was substantially about early Lutheran music. She was a professor emerita at George Washington University and a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.[citation needed]
Her awards include the IRC Harrison Medal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland.[1]
Books edit
- Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Cambridge University Press, 1992. 123 pp. ISBN 978-0521422796.
- Heinrich Heine and the Lied, Cambridge University Press, 2007. 378 pp. ISBN 978-0521823746.
- Hugo Wolf and his Mörike Songs, Cambridge University Press, 2000. 203 pp. ISBN 978-0521027199.
- Hugo Wolf: The Vocal Music, Princeton University Press, 1992. 384 pp. ISBN 978-0691091457.
- Retracing a Winter's Journey: Franz Schubert's Winterreise, Cornell University Press, 1991. 331 pp. ISBN 978-0801499661.
- Schubert, Müller, and Die schöne Müllerin, Cambridge University Press, 1997. 245 pp. ISBN 978-0521028653.
- Schubert's Late Lieder: Beyond the Song Cycles, Cambridge University Press, 2002. 436 pp. ISBN 978-0521028752.
- Schubert's Poets and the Making of Lieder, Cambridge University Press, 1996. 384 pp. ISBN 978-0521778626.
External links edit
- Notre Dame bio
References edit
- ^ "Irish Research Council - Harrison Medal | Society for Musicology in Ireland". musicologyireland.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.