An Encounter with Hugo Wolf in his Jubilee Year

Abstract

This reappraisal of “Begegnung,” a seldom discussed Hugo Wolf setting of the eponymous poem by Eduard Mörike, shows that despite its ostensible simplicity, the poem, typically for Mörike, harbours a wealth of ambivalent meanings, which are only further enriched in Wolf’s setting.

Keywords

• hugo wolf
• “begegnung”
• lied
• eduard mörike
• musical hermeneutics