Erwartung by Marie Pappenheim and Arnold Schoenberg

Mock Seminar at the College of Music, the University of North Texas | January 31, 2025 | Moderator / Instructor: Dr. David Bard-Schwarz

What is Expressionism? Where, when, and why did it appear in the arts?

Libretto of Erwartung

Performance of Erwartung (Jesse Norman)

Full Score of Erwartung

Preliminary Terms to Discuss: parataxis (grammar / psyche) | hypotaxis (grammar / psyche) | die Frau / eine Frau | repression / disavowal (Freud)

Examples

JMT article on Erwartung