Symphony in B minor ("Unfinished") : an authoritative score, Schubert's sketches, commentary, essays in history, and analysis / Franz Schubert ; edited by Martin Chusid.

Author/creator Schubert, Franz
Other author Chusid, Martin, editor.
Format Musical Score
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNew York : W. W. Norton, 1968.
Description1 study score (132 pages) ; 22 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleSymphonies, D. 759, B minor
SeriesNorton critical scores
Norton critical scores. ^A36671
Contents The historical background -- The score of the symphony -- The piano sketches and the full score of the scherzo fragment -- Analysis -- The problem of the "Unfinished." The Riddle of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony / by O.E. Deutsch -- Beethoven and the unfinished / Martin Chusid -- Views and comments. [On the first performance] / by Eduard Hanslick -- [A trip to Vienna] / Sir George Grove -- The eighth symphony: in B minor -- [On the unfinished symphony] / Hugo Wolf -- [Schubert's music] / Antonin Dvorak -- [Schubert] / Igor Stravinsky -- [A Schubert melody] / Aaron Copland -- [Beethoven and Schubert: a comment] / Lukas Foss.
Abstract Schubert's Symphony in B minor, known as "Unfinished," has been one of the central works of the musical literature for over a century, since its discovery and first performance thirty-seven years after the composer's death. This volume includes the complete musical score of the work, and a stimulating selection of materials illuminating its historical and musical background.For this edition, the musical text that Johannes Brahms prepared for the Schubert Gesamtausgabe has been revised and corrected on the basis of a thorough comparison with Schubert's manuscript. The surviving piano sketches for the symphony, including the incomplete third movement, are for the first time presented in the same volume with the score; the orchestrated fragment of the third movement is also reprinted. The complex history of the symphony and the riddle of its incompleteness are traced in essays referring to original source material, while the editor's detailed analysis and his selection of views and comments (ranging from a review of the first performance up to the present) acquaint the reader with the views of such figures as Wolf, Dvorák, Stravinsky, and Copland. A selective bibliography is also provided.
General noteFor orchestra.
General noteEdition based on the Schubert Gesamtausgabe, Leipzig 1882-97, and on the composer's ms.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 131-132).

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Music Miniature Scores M1001 .S375 D. 759 1968 ✔ Available Place Hold
Music Miniature Scores M1001 .S375 D. 759 1968 ✔ Available Place Hold
Music Miniature Scores M1001 .S375 D. 759 1968 ✔ Available Place Hold
Music Miniature Scores M1001 .S375 D. 759 1968 ✔ Available Place Hold