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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198165234

ISBN-139780198165231

eBay Product ID (ePID)891808

Product Key Features

Number of Pages378 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFranz Schubert : a Biography

Publication Year1996

SubjectHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Classical, Composers & Musicians

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorElizabeth Norman Mckay

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight24.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN95-051812

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"McKay...far exceeds her modest objective to 'enhance the reader's pleasure in and understanding of, Schubert's music.'...Highly recommended for both academic and public libraries."--Library Journal "McKay draws on the limited sources of information about the composer to construct a biography that balances the recording of his accomplishments with analysis of his manic-depressiveness and his social life - and all in time to honor the bicentennial of his birth."--Booklist "The story of Schubert's short life is extraordinarily compelling, and Elizabeth McKay tells it skillfully."--Commentary, "McKay...far exceeds her modest objective to 'enhance the reader's pleasure in and understanding of, Schubert's music.'...Highly recommended for both academic and public libraries."--Library Journal"McKay draws on the limited sources of information about the composer to construct a biography that balances the recording of his accomplishments with analysis of his manic-depressiveness and his social life - and all in time to honor the bicentennial of his birth."--Booklist"The story of Schubert's short life is extraordinarily compelling, and Elizabeth McKay tells it skillfully."--Commentary, "McKay...far exceeds her modest objective to 'enhance the reader's pleasure in and understanding of, Schubert's music.'...Highly recommended for both academic and public libraries."-- Library Journal "McKay draws on the limited sources of information about the composer to construct a biography that balances the recording of his accomplishments with analysis of his manic-depressiveness and his social life - and all in time to honor the bicentennial of his birth."-- Booklist "The story of Schubert's short life is extraordinarily compelling, and Elizabeth McKay tells it skillfully."-- Commentary

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal780/.92 B

SynopsisIn his short, tumultuous life, Franz Schubert (1797-1828) produced an astonishing amount of music. Symphonies, chamber music, opera, church music, and songs (more than 600 of them) poured forth in profusion. His "Trout" Quintet, his "Unfinished" Symphony, the last three piano sonatas, and above all his song cycles Die Schone Mullerin and Winterreise have come to be universally regarded as belonging to the very greatest works of music? Who was the man who composed this amazing succession of masterpieces, so many of which were either entirely ignored or regarded as failures during his lifetime? In this new biography, Elizabeth McKay paints a vivid portrait of Schubert and his world. She explores his family background, his education and musical upbringing, his friendships, and his brushes and flirtations with the repressive authorities of Church and State. She discusses his experience of the arts, literature, and theater, and his relations with the professional and amateur musical world of his day. She traces the way Schubert's manic-depression became an increasingly significant influence in his life, responsible at least in part for social inadequacies, professional ineptitude, and idiosyncrasies in his music. And she examines Schubert's decline after he contracted syphilis, looking at its effect on his music and emotional life., In his short, tumultuous life, Franz Schubert (1797-1828) produced an astonishing amount of music. Symphonies, chamber music, opera, church music, and songs (more than 600 of them) poured forth in profusion. His "Trout" Quintet, his "Unfinished" Symphony, the last three piano sonatas, and above all his song cycles Die Schone Mullerin and Winterreise have come to be universally regarded as belonging to the very greatest works of music? Who was the man who composed this amazing succession of masterpieces, so many of which were either entirely ignored or regarded as failures during his lifetime? In this new biography, Elizabeth McKay paints a vivid portrait of Schubert and his world. She explores his family backround, his education and musical upbringing, his friendships, and his brushes and flirtations with the repressive authorities of Church and State. She discusses his experience of the arts, literature, and theater, and his relations with the professional and amateur musical world of his day. She traces the way Schubert's manic-depression became an increasingly significant influence in his life, responsible at least in part for social inadequacies, professional ineptitude, and idiosyncrasies in his music. And she examines Schubert's decline after he contracted syphilis, looking at its effect on his music and emotional life.

LC Classification NumberML410.S3M34 1996