Franz Schubert : sexuality, subjectivity, song / Lawrence Kramer.

Author/creator Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Descriptionxii, 183 pages, music : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects

Variant title Sexuality, subjectivity, song
SeriesCambridge studies in music theory and analysis ; 13
Cambridge studies in music theory and analysis ; 13. ^A281119
Contents Interpretive dramaturgy and social drama: Schubert's "Erster Verlust" -- Undisciplined song: scorings of the subject -- Mermaid fancies: Schubert's trout and the 'wish to be woman' -- The Ganymede complex: Schubert's songs and the homoerotic imagination -- Masochism and domesticity in Die schöne Mullerin -- Revenants: masculine thresholds in Schubert, James and Freud.
Abstract This is the first book to examine Schubert's songs as active shaping forces in the culture of their era rather than as mere reflections of it. Responding to rising new forms of social organisation, Schubert discovered that songs could serve as a medium for shuffling and reshuffling the basic building blocks of identity and desire, especially sexual desire. His songs project a kaleidoscopic array of unexpected human types, all of whom are eligible for a sympathetic response, even the strangest and most disconcerting. Schubert sought to validate these subjective types without subordinating them to a central social or sexual norm. The book describes and contextualises this process and tracks it concretely in a wide variety of songs. Combining close attention to both music and poetry, the book addresses both specialists and non-specialists in a lively, accessible style unburdened by excessive jargon.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and indexes.
LCCN 97019846
ISBN0521582105

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML410.S3 K774 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold