Schubert Studies

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Contents: Introduction, Brian Newbould
Schubert's tempo conventions, Clive Brown
Schubert's transitions, Susan Wollenberg
Schubert's string and piano duos in context, Elizabeth Norman McKay
'Am Meer' reconsidered: strophic, binary, or ternary?, Edward T. Cone
Schubert's 'great' C major symphony: the autograph revisted, Brian Newbould
'Biding his time'- Schubert among the Bohemians in the mid-nineteenth century, Jan Smaczny
Architecture as drama in late Schubert, Roy Howat
Schubert's piano sonatas: thoughts about interpretation and performance, AndrA!s Schiff
Schubert and the Ungers: a preliminary study, Peter Branscombe
Schubert's relationship with women: an historical account, Rita Steblin
Adversity: Schubert's illnesses and their background, Peter Gilroy Bevan
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Schubert Studies comprises eleven essays by renowned Schubert scholars and performers. The volume sheds light on certain aspects of Schubert’s music and biography which have hitherto remained relatively neglected, or which warrant further investigation. Musical topics include analyses of tempo conventions, transitional procedures and rhythmic organization. There are reassessments of several works, using autograph research, performing experience and other approaches; while assumptions as to the extent of Schubert’s influence on later Czech composers are also brought into question. Concerns with aspects of Schubert’s biography, in particular the social and musical circles in which he moved, come under examination in several essays. The final two chapters deal specifically with the composer’s relationships with women, and the psychological and physiological illnesses from which he suffered. Each of the essays here charts new and existing evidence to provide fresh perspectives on these aspects of Schubert’s life and music, making this volume an indispensable tool for scholars concerned with his work.

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This diverse collection of 11 essays is particularly welcome...as it...illuminates facets of Schubert's music which have been often misunderstood, as well as covering important biographical themes

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