Schubert / Marcel Schneider ; translated by Elizabeth Poston.
| Author/creator | Schneider, Marcel |
| Other author | Poston, Elizabeth, 1905-1987, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Grove Press, 1959. |
| Description | 191 pages : illustrations, music portraits ; 18 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Schubert. English |
| Series | Evergreen profile book ; book 4 Evergreen profile book ; 4. ^A1198565 |
| Contents | Heaven -- Earth -- Great expectations -- Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship -- Lost illusions -- The lieder -- The chamber music -- The church music -- The symphonies -- Schubert and French romanticism -- The Poverello of romanticism. |
| Abstract | In this new visual dimension of biography, events and circumstances which shaped Franz Schubert's life come alive--his tragic love affair with Theresa Grob; his friends Schober, von Schwind, and others; his unsuccessful term in law school; his veneration of Beethoven as a musical giant; and his spiritual love affair with Countess Caroline Esterhazy. Through beautiful illustrations and vital storytelling, we literally see the man and the vitality he radiated. A magnificent group of sketches, photographs, paintings, and score facsimiles take us from the Imperial Convict, Schubert's cold damp school for five early years, to the Lichtenthal Church where Theresa Grob sang the soprano solo in his First Mass, to his burial in the Musicians' Pantheon in Vienna, where he rests close to Beethoven, his idol. More than he describes Schubert's life and the spirit it harbored, the author presents the precocious lyrical genius which this man possessed. The combination of biography and musical analysis makes this an exciting book to read as well as a basic and compact reference work. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 177) and discography (pages 185-190). |
| LCCN | 59006057 |