Schubert in the European imagination. / Scott Messing.
| Author/creator | Messing, Scott |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, ©2007. |
| Distribution | Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer |
| Description | xii, 315 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Fin-de-Siècle Vienna |
| Series | Eastman studies in music Eastman studies in music. ^A494093 |
| Contents | Political culture and Schubert's Stadtpark monument -- 1897: the politics of a Schubert year -- Gustav Klimt's Schubert -- Schubert and Jung-Wien: Arthur Schnitzler and Hugo von Hofmannsthal -- Schubert, modernism, and the Fin-de-Siècle science of sexuality -- Peter Altenberg's Schubert -- Arnold Schoenberg's Schubert. |
| Abstract | This book examines the composer's historical and cultural reception by Viennese modernists. By 1900, issues of gender had crossed with those of nationalism, especially in thecity that came to consider Schubert as its favorite musical son. As the author here explains and explores in rich detail, composers, writers, and visual artists manipulated the conventions of the composer and gender in ways that critiqued the very culture that had created this image. In order to expose the hypocrisy of social relationships, painter Gustav Klimt and writers Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Peter Altenberg exploited the collision between innocence and sexuality, and Schubert was a readily familiar sign for the former. The composer Arnold Schoenberg substituted his own formulation of Schubert in place of the older, popular conceptions of the composer, adding him to an illustrious list of figures whose significance he sought to redesign. The concept of Schubert as a feminine type began in 1838. This work examines the historical reception of Schubert as conveyed through the gendered imagery and language of 19th and early 20th century European culture. The figures discussed include Musset, Sand, Nerval, Maupassant, George Eliot, and others. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-300) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781580462136 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1580462138 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S3 M4721 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |