| Contents |
His lifetime. Speaking in the first person -- The performer -- The good life -- Covert opera -- Songs, symphonies, and Beethoven's long shadow -- Descent into darkness -- His legacy. Musicians -- Turn-of-the-century Vienna -- Writers -- Film. |
| Abstract |
This volume analyzes some of the uses of Austrian composer Franz Schubert's (b. 1797) music, examining the man, his compositions, and the ways audiences and artists, both his contemporaries and their descendants, connect with him. Schubert is admired as one of the leading exponents of the early Romantic era in music and he remains one of the most frequently performed composers. |
| Abstract |
Audiences as well as other artists have responded to Schubert's music with passion, both during his time and in the past two centuries. Musicians, painters, writers, and filmmakers have all found a connection with him, integrating his music into their own works in ways that have given their works greater depth. This book examines Schubert and the ways audiences and artists--both his contemporaries and their descendants--relate to him, analyzing some of the uses of Schubert's music and providing an intimate portrait of the man. Divided into two parts, part one focuses on Schubert's own time, discussing many aspects of Schubert's life and the effects they had on his compositions, such as the special importance and personal function Schubert's songs held for the composer and their effect on his other works; his association with his contemporaries; and the subtleties of his political activism. Part two considers Schubert's legacy, investigating the composer's ability to arouse passion in other artists through the intervening years to the present. This fascinating study includes several photos as well as a select bibliography and discography that include the works discussed. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-288), discography (pages 289-291), and index. |
| LCCN | 2009007155 |
| ISBN | 9780810869264 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0810869268 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780810869271 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0810869276 (ebook) |
