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The Unknown Schubert (Paperback)
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The Unknown Schubert (Paperback)
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Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is now rightly recognized as one of the
greatest and most original composers of the nineteenth century. His
keen understanding of poetry and his uncanny ability to translate
his profound understanding of human nature into remarkably balanced
compositions marks him out from other contemporaries in the field
of song. Schubert was one of the first major composers to devote so
much time to song and his awareness that this genre was not rated
highly in the musical hierarchy did not deter him, throughout a
short but resolute and hard-working career, from producing songs
that invariably arrest attention and frequently strike a deeply
poetic note. Schubert did not emerge as a composer until after his
death, but during his short lifetime his genius flowered
prolifically and diversely. His reputation was first established
among the aristocracy who took the art music of Vienna into their
homes, which became places of refuge from the musical mediocrity of
popular performance. More than any other composer, 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 the nature of his
experiments found scholarly favor. In The Unknown Schubert
contributors explore Schubert's radical modernity from a number of
perspectives by examining both popular and neglected works.
Chapters by renowned scholars describe the historical context of
his work, its relation to the dominant artistic discourses of the
early nineteenth century, and Schubert's role in the paradigmatic
shift to a new perception of song. This valuable book seeks to
bring Franz Schubert to life, exploring his early years as a
composer of opera, his later years of ill-health when he composed
in the shadow of death, and his efforts to reflect in his music his
own profound inner experience.
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