Schubert : a musical wayfarer / Lorraine Bodley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodley, Lorraine Byrne, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.

Schubert, Franz.

Composers--Austria--Biography.

Composers.

Austria.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (738 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Padstow, England : Yale University Press, [2023]

Summary:

An insightful biography of the great composer, revealing Schubert’s complex and fascinating private life alongside his musical genius Brilliant, short-lived, incredibly prolific—Schubert is one of the most intriguing figures in music history. While his music attracts a wide audience, much of his private life remains shrouded in mystery, and significant portions of his work have been overlooked. In this major new biography, Lorraine Byrne Bodley takes a detailed look into Schubert’s life, from his early years at the Stadtkonvikt to the harrowing battle with syphilis that led to his death at the age of thirty-one. Drawing on extensive archival research in Vienna and the Czech Republic and reconsidering the meaning of some of his best-known works, Bodley provides a fuller account than ever before of Schubert’s extraordinary achievement and incredible courage. This is a compelling new portrait of one of the most beloved composers of the nineteenth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

TABLES

MUSICAL EXAMPLES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PROLOGUE: BECOMING SCHUBERT

I BEARINGS

1 THE FAMILY BEFORE SCHUBERT

2 THE ORIGINS OF A COMPOSER (1797–1813)

3 SALIERI, PARTIMENTO AND THE BEGINNINGS OF CREATION

4 THE MAKINGS OF A COMPOSER (1812–1813)

5 PLACE AND DISPLACEMENT (1813–1814)

6 SCHUBERT AS A CHURCH MUSIC COMPOSER

7 AWAKENINGS

8 UNSUNG SCHUBERT: APPRENTICESHIP IN OPERA

9 THE PROMISE OF FREEDOM (1816–1818)

II FRIENDSHIPS

10 ARS AMICITIA: ART OF FRIENDSHIP

11 ARS AMICITIAE: ART BORN OF FRIENDSHIP

12 ART BORN OF IMPROVISATION

III CRISES

13 IN THE DOLDRUMS (1817–1818)

14 SCHUBERT’S ‘DOUBLE NATURE’ (1819–1822)

15 SECRETS OF THE SELF

16 THE WATERSHED (1822–1824)

17 ‘ART BORN OF SORROW’: SCHUBERT’S ‘UNFINISHED’

18 SONGS OF A WAYFARER (1822–1824)

19 HIGH WINDOWS OF ZSELIZ

IV ESSENCE

20 AFTER THE CRISES: THE SPIRIT OF BEAUTY AND ITS FATE

21 LATE SACRED MUSIC AS A SITE OF THEOLOGY?

22 DE PROFUNDIS: FINAL SONGS

23 THE FINAL YEAR (1828)

24 LACRIMAE RERUM: BURIAL AT WÄHRING

CHRONOLOGY

NOTES

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF SCHUBERT’S WORKS

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780300268409

0-300-26840-8

OCLC:

1381680777