Schubert / George R. Marek.
| Author/creator | Marek, George R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Viking, 1985. |
| Description | xix, 254 pages, 14 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction. The legendary Schubert -- The twelfth child -- Vienna, "City of dreams" -- The first masterpieces -- Love and friendship -- Twenty -- The "young intellectuals" -- The Senn episode -- Schubert's failure -- Decline and renewal -- Illness -- A good year and a bad year -- Schubert and Beethoven -- The heights -- Summary -- A Schubert calendar. |
| Abstract | Drawing on considerable new material from Viennese sources, the author describes in detail how Schubert lived and died, explains how his genius flourished even in so short a lifetime, and discusses what his music means to today's audiences. Nobody knows better than the author how inseparable were Schubert and his native Vienna, and he evokes that most musical of cities from court to coffeehouse. The author delineates the composer's gift for warm friendship, explores the mystery that all fifteen operas (by the man who wrote more than six hundred of the world's greatest songs) were stillborn, and depicts the famous evening "Schubertiads" that so enchanted Schubert's contemporaries. Along with affection, Schubert has induced a good deal of almost condescending legend: the lovable, roly-poly, penniless, myopic, absentminded little fellow scribbling inspired but largely unappreciated notes on the backs of envelopes in taprooms and coffeehouses and at the musicales of friends. How simplistic and how often wrong these myths are, and how much more complex and fascinating a man Schubert was, is poignantly set forth here. And the author magically makes us feel Schubert's immortal music--from song to symphony, from quartet and sonata to mass--the love for which is inevitably proportionate to our love for all music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index. |
| LCCN | 83040665 |
| ISBN | 0670621048 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.S3 M18 1985 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |