Schubert's reputation from his time to ours / Geoffrey Block.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Block, Geoffrey Holden, 1948- author.

Series:

Monographs in musicology ; no. 17.

Monographs in musicology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828--Appreciation--History.

Schubert, Franz.

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.

Music--19th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Art appreciation.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 413 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon Press, [2017]

Summary:

The composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was not bereft of early advocates, from Schumann, Liszt, and Mahler to Sir George Grove. Brahms famously heralded Schubert as "the true successor to Beethoven." Nevertheless, it was not until the end of the twentieth century that Schubert's major instrumental works finally and fully emerged from Beethoven's shadow. Critics and scholars began to reinterpret Schubert's departures from Beethoven's formal and stylistic characteristics, and to see these departures not as flaws but as strengths and hallmarks of a new paradigm. Schuberf's alternate constructions of "masculine subjectivities," first described by Schumann in 1838, parallel a developing appreciation for lyricism, melody, and song-traits historically regarded as feminine. Consequently, Schuberf's approach is increasingly viewed as innovative and divergent rather than defective and deviant. Schubert's Reputation from His Time to Ours tells the story of how and why this has happened. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 "Heavenly Length" and "Fairer Hopes" 1

2 Schubert's "Ode to Joy": The "Great" C Major Symphony 39

3 The Piano Sonatas: An Acquired Taste 81

4 Liszt, Brahms, and the "True Successor to Beethoven" 117

5 What Wagner and Mahler Thought About Schubert 163

6 Schubert Stars on the Popular Musical Stage: Das Dreimäderlhaus and Blossom Time 199

7 Imagining Schubert on Screen: Blossom Time, Melody Master, and Notturno 235

8 The Princess and the Peacock 285

9 The Mushroom and the Mogul 321

10 Schubert's Reception Revisited and Revised 337.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781576472767

1576472760

OCLC:

969203481