The Cambridge companion to Schubert
1997, First Edition. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476841
ISBN: 0521484243
Series; Cambridge companions to music. Physical description; xiii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-328) and indexes. 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 judgment 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 / Xavier Hascher – Franz Schubert's music in performance: a brief history of people, events, and issues / David Montgomery. Subjects; Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) – Criticism and interpretation. Composers – Austria – Biography. Music – 19th century – History and criticism.
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