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Goethe and Schubert : the unseen bond / Kenneth S. Whitton.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML410.S3 W36 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitton, Kenneth S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Songs.
- Schubert, Franz.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.
- Songs, German--19th century--History and criticism.
- Songs, German.
- Songs with piano--19th century--History and criticism.
- Songs with piano.
- Music and literature.
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Biography.
- Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828--Friends and associates.
- Composers--Austria--Biography.
- Composers.
- Austria.
- Local Subjects:
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832--Biography.
- Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828--Friends and associates.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Songs with piano.
- Physical Description:
- 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, Ore. : Amadeus Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- The year 1999 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany's greatest literary figure. Franz Schubert, almost 50 years his junior, set 80 of Goethe's poems to music: the resulting lieder are among Schubert's finest, masterpieces of the song literature. It is ironic that Schubert died in obscurity at a very young age whereas Goethe was the most celebrated German of his era; today, Goethe's name is known to literally millions of people throughout the world simply as the author of some poems that achieved immortality through Schubert's musical settings.
- Whitton discusses the cultural background of the era, and Whitton also describes the efforts made by friends to acquaint Goethe with Schubert's lieder, and Schubert with Goethe's poems and even -- unsuccessfully -- with Goethe himself. Each of the songs is treated, with translation and discussion of the background of both text and music.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The German Lied before Franz Schubert 23
- Chapter 2 Goethe, Music, and Musicians 41
- Chapter 3 Schubert, Poetry, and Poets 87
- Chapter 4 Why Did Schubert Never Meet Goethe? 131
- Chapter 5 The Goethe Lieder of Franz Schubert 151.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1574670506
- OCLC:
- 40305542
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