Vocal Arts Concert: Italienisches Liederbuch

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903), composer and music critic, hailed from Vienna. His creative life was among the shortest and most sporadic known to musical history. He did not achieve musical mastery until he was twenty-eight, and once he did, he wrote his songs in irregular outbursts over the course of about six months. In 1888 he composed nearly 100 songs. In addition to the Italienisches Liederbuch, Wolf’s well known vocal works include the Spanisches L...