The Cambridge Companion to SchubertChristopher H. Gibbs This Companion to Schubert examines the career, music, and reception of one of the most popular yet misunderstood and elusive composers. Sixteen chapters by leading Schubert scholars make up three parts. The first seeks to situate 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 accomplishment is examined. |
Contents
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Poor Schubert images and legends of the composer | 34 |
The Passion for friendship music cultivation and identity in Schuberts circle | 54 |
Schuberts inflections of Classical form | 70 |
Schubert and his poets issues and conundrums | 97 |
Schuberts songs the transformation of a genre | 119 |
Schuberts piano music probing the human condition | 153 |
Schuberts chamber music before and after Beethoven | 172 |
Schuberts religious and choral music toward a statement of faith | 205 |
Schuberts operas the judgment of history? | 222 |
German reception Schuberts journey to immortality | 239 |
Schuberts reception history in nineteenthcentury England | 252 |
Schuberts reception in France a chronology 18281928 | 261 |
Franz Schuberts music in performance a brief history of people events and issues | 268 |
Notes | 282 |
Index | 327 |
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