Schubert's Winterreise : a winter journey in poetry, image, & song / poems by Wilhelm Müller ; translated by Louise McClelland Urban ; foreword by John Harbison ; essay by Susan Youens ; photographs by Katrin Talbot.

Format Book
Publication InfoMadison : University of Wisconsin Press, in collaboration with University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, ©2003.
Description233 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Subjects
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Winterreise.
Müller, Wilhelm, 1794-1827--Criticism and interpretation.
Song cycles--Texts.

Other author/creatorSchubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Winterreise. Text. English.
Other author/creatorSchubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Winterreise. Text. German.
Other author/creatorMüller, Wilhelm, 1794-1827.
Other author/creatorUrban, Louise McClelland, translator.
Other author/creatorHarbison, John, author of introduction, etc.
Other author/creatorYouens, Susan, writer of supplementary textual content.
Other author/creatorRowe, Paul, singer.
Other author/creatorFischer, Martha, instrumentalist.
Other author/creatorTalbot, Katrin, writer of supplementary textual content.
Portion of title Winterreise : a winter journey in poetry, image, & song
Portion of title Winter journey in poetry, image, & song
Contents Foreword / John Harbison -- A wintry geography of the soul: Schubert's Winterreise / Susan Youens -- Good night -- The weather vane -- Frozen tears -- Numbness -- The Linden tree -- Floodwaters -- By the stream -- Backward glance -- Will-o'-the-wisp -- Rest -- Dreams of spring -- Loneliness -- The mail -- The aging one -- The crow -- Last hope -- In the village -- The stormy morning -- Delusion -- The signpost -- The inn -- Courage -- The phantom suns -- The hurdy-gurdy player -- Notes on the photographing of a song cycle / Katrin Talbot.
Abstract This book/CD package guides readers and listeners on a journey through Schubert's Winterreise song cycle, in which the composer set the poetry of Wilhelm Muller to music. The complete text of the 24 poems is presented in both German and English, with 116 black & white photographs of winter scenes on the facing pages. An introductory essay by Susan Youens (musicology, University of Notre Dame) offers a critical examination of the song cycle. The music CD features a new recording of Winterreise, performed by baritone Paul Rowe and pianist Martha Fischer.
General noteIncludes accompanying compact disc.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Performer Accompanying CD performers: Paul Rowe, baritone ; Martha Fischer, piano.
LCCN 2002156545
ISBN0299186008 (cloth : alk. paper)

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