The Cambridge companion to Schubert / edited by Christopher H. Gibbs.

Other author Gibbs, Christopher Howard, editor.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Descriptionxiii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCambridge companions to music
Cambridge companions to music. ^A371619
Contents Introduction: the elusive Schubert / Christopher H. Gibbs -- Contexts: musical, political, and cultural: Realism transformed: Franz Schubert and Vienna / Leon Botstein -- "Poor Schubert": images and legends of the composer / Christopher H. Gibbs -- "The Passion for friendship": music, cultivation, and identity in Schubert's circle / David Gramit -- Schubert's inflections of Classical form / Charles Rosen ; Schubert and his poets: issues and conundrums / Susan Youens -- Schubert's music: style and genre. Schubert's songs: the transformation of a genre / Kristina Muxfeldt -- Schubert's social music: the "forgotten genres" / Margaret Notley -- Schubert's piano music: probing the human condition / William Kinderman -- Schubert's chamber music: before and after Beethoven / Martin Chusid -- Schubert's orchestral music: "strivings after the highest in art" / L. Michael Griffel -- Schubert's religious and choral music: toward a statement of faith / Glenn Stanley -- Schubert's operas: "the judgement of history?" / Thomas A. Denny -- Reception. German reception: Schubert's "journey to immortality" / Christopher H. Gibbs -- Schubert's reception history in nineteenth-century England / John Reed -- Schubert's reception in France: a chronology (1828-1928) / Xavier Hascher -- Franz Schubert's music in performance: a brief history of people, events, and issues / David Montgomery.
Abstract This book examines the career, music, and reception of one of the most popular yet most misunderstood and elusive composers. Sixteen essays by leading Schubert scholars make up three parts. The first discusses the social, cultural, and musical climate in which Schubert lived and worked, the second surveys the scope of his musical achievement, and the third charts the course of his reception from the perceptions of his contemporaries to the assessments of posterity. Myths and legends about Schubert the man are explored critically and the full range of his musical accomplishments is examined.
Local noteLittle-307606--305131013458Y
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 284-328) and indexes.
LCCN 96014260
ISBN0521482291 (hbk)
ISBN0521484243 (pbk)

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Music Music Stacks ML410.S3 C18 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold