
Schubert s Reputation from His Time to Ours
Geoffrey Block(Author)
Ethics International Press Ltd
Published on 30. December 2024
Book
Hardback
508 pages
978-1-80441-875-8 (ISBN)
Description
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. Schubert'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, Schubert'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.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bury St Edmunds
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80441-875-8 (9781804418758)
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Professor Geoffrey Block is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music History and Humanities at the University of Puget Sound, Washington, USA. He is the author of Experiencing Beethoven: A Listener's Companion and books on Charles Ives, American musical theater, and musical film.