The New Grove Schubert

Maurice J. E. Brown

W. W. Norton & Company, Oct 1, 1997 - Music - 186 pages

The New Grove composer biographies have been selected from the dictionary to bring the finest of the biographies to a wider audience. Each has been expanded and updated for book publication and contains a comprehensive work-list, index, and fully revised bibliography, in addition to the definitive view of the subject's life and works.

Maurice J. E. Brown, one of the world's leading authorities on Schubert, completed this fine biography of the composer shortly before his death. He covers every aspect of Schubert's short and tragic life, clearly relating it to the works. He discusses the influence of Schubert's friends and explores the background to the composition of many of his best-known pieces, such as Winterreise. The biography has been brought up to date by Eric Sams, who also contributed the outstanding work-list.

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Review: The New Grove Schubert

User Review  - Mark - Goodreads

Great overview of Schubert and his works, but badly in need of an update, at least to the bibliography.

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User Review  - Alexander Arsov - Goodreads

Maurice JE Brown The New Grove: Schubert WW Norton, Paperback, 1990. 8vo. [xvi], 186 pp. Preface by Stanley Sadie [xiii]. List of Works by Eric Sams [pp. 106-158]. Bibliography [pp. 166-181]. Index ...

Contents

• Background and childhood: 1
• Beginning of career: 7
• Growing reputation: 16
• Vienna friends and patrons 181920: 22
• Events of 18212: 29
• Illness: 37
• Schuberts circle of friends: 42
• 18256 46 9 Period ofWinterreise: 54
• The last year: 61
• Posthumous publication: 72
• Posthumous performance: 75
• Music for the theatre: 77
• Church and other choral music: 82
• Songs: 86
• Song cycles: 93
• Mature instrumental music: 98
• Worklist: 106
• Bibliography: 166
• Index: 182

Bibliographic information

• Title: The New Grove Schubert; Composer biography series; New Grove Composer Biographies; The New Grove
• Author: Maurice J. E. Brown
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997
• ISBN: 039331586X, 9780393315868
• Length: 186 pages
• Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Classical; Music / Reference