Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Musicology - Miscellaneous, grade: 1, University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, language: English, abstract: To precede my comparison of Schumann's "Mondnacht" and Brahms's setting of the same poem I would like to begin with a brief introduction of the two composers. Their personal histories will be taken into account in order to show if any conclusions can be drawn on how their approaches to...