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Lorraine Byrne Bodley illuminates the story of Schubert's life, from his early years at the Vienna Stadtkonvikt to the battle with syphilis that led to his early death. Reconsidering best-loved works and neglected repertoire and sources, Bodley offers a compelling portrait of one of the nineteenth century's most beloved?and elusive?composers.

In this musical collection, Lorraine Byrne Bodley reflects upon composer Seóirse Bodley's musical settings of Goethe's poetry by examining the cultual and poetic contexts key to their construction.

Rethinking Schubert offers a conspectus of issues in Schubert scholarship, a reappraisal of key debates, and an exploration of new avenues of research. It brings together twenty-two essays by some of today's most important Schubert scholars, which provide new insights into this composer, his music, his influence and his legacy.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is now rightly recognized as one of the greatest and most original composers of the nineteenth century. Schubert steadily graced Viennese musical life with his songs, piano music and chamber compositions. Throughout his career he experimented constantly with technique and in his final years began experiments with form. The resultant fascinating works were never performed in his lifetime, and only in recent years have...

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Rethinking Schubert offers a conspectus of issues in Schubert scholarship, a reappraisal of key debates, and an exploration of new avenues of research. It brings together twenty-two essays by some of today's most important Schubert scholars, which provide new insights into this composer, his music, his influence, and his legacy.

Franz Schubert's (1797-1828) profound understanding of poetry and his uncanny ability to translate his understanding of human nature into remarkably balanced compositions marks him out from other contemporaries in the field of song. This book explores his radical modernity from a number of perspectives by examining popular and neglected works.

This reference book comprises individual studies of all of Schubert's solo, dramatic and multi-voice settings of Goethe's poems. Lorraine Byrne examines the myths that have evolved around these artists, and explores Schubert's reading and interpretation of Goethe's texts.

This reference comprises individual studies of all of Schubert's solo, dramatic and multi-voice settings of Goethe's poems. Lorraine Byrne examines the myths that have evolved around these artists, and explores Schubert's reading and interpretation of Goethe's texts.

Goethe and Zelter spent a staggering thirty-three years corresponding. Zelter's position as director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin and Goethe's location in Weimar resulted in a wide-ranging correspondence. Goethe's letters offer a chronicle of his musical development, from the time of his journey to Italy to the final months of his life, while Zelter's letters retrace his path from stonemason to Professor of Music in Berlin. The 891 letters t...

Schubert's late music has proved pivotal for the development of diverse fields of musical scholarship, from biography and music history to the theory of harmony. This collection addresses current issues in Schubert studies including compositional technique, the topical issue of 'late' style, tonal strategy and form in the composer's instrumental music, and musical readings of the 'postmodern' Schubert. Offering fresh approaches to Schubert's i...

Goethe and Zelter spent a staggering thirty-three years corresponding. Zelter's position as director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin and Goethe's location in Weimar resulted in a wide-ranging correspondence. Goethe's letters offer a chronicle of his musical development, from the time of his journey to Italy to the final months of his life, while Zelter's letters retrace his path from stonemason to Professor of Music in Berlin. The 891 letters t...