Our Schubert [ his enduring legacy
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...
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Lanham, Md :
Scarecrow Press ,
c2009
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. His lifetime. Speaking in the first person ; The performer ; The good life ; Covert opera ; Songs, symphonies, and Beethoven's long shadow ; Descent into darkness
- 2. His legacy. Musicians ; Turn-of-the-century Vienna ; Writers ; Film