Schubert Articles
Introduction
This section of the SIUK pages contains a series of articles with the general theme of Franz Schubert. Most of them are not particularly learned, so they should be accessible to all. If you would like to write an article, or have something appropriate you would like to have posted, let me know.
I've broken the articles down into a number of types, just to help navigation. This introduction page will give some details of the articles, whereas the articles index (on the left) will, for space considerations, just have a name. So, if you want to know a litle more about the article before diving in, come through here.
General Articles
- Auf Der Bruck
- An article from Thierry Morice about the Geography of the Bruck, close to Göttingen, and the Lied from the poem written there by Ernst Schulze.
- Schubert Opus 14
- An article from Richard Morris on the Schubert Opus 14, including publishing details, and critical comments on the 2 songs, Suleika and Geheimes.
- Der Graf von Gleichen
- An article from Thierry Morice about Der Graf von Gleichen, an opera left incomplete on Schubert's death
- Schubert Postcards
- An article and 'exhibition' copied from the Half Time Scores Schubertiana site about Schubert postcards.
- Of Mushrooms and Lilac Blossom
- A rather large, rambling and quite possibly miles over the top article about the Schubertian operetta Das Dreimäderlhaus, and its derivitives, especially the American Blossom Time, and the English Lilac Time.
CD and Video Reviews
- Hyperion Schubert Edition
- An introduction and review, by Richard Morris, of the whole edition.
- Greatest Love and Greatest Sorrow
- A review of Christopher Nupen's Video, with details of the works and the quotes, by Richard Morris.
- Bryn Terfel
- A review, by Celia Sgroi, of the Bryn Terfel CD, An Die Musik.
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- A review, by Celia Sgroi, of the Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau with Gerald Moore/Karl Enger Lieder Series on EMI classics.
- Schubert Masses
- A review, by Thierry Morice, of recordings of Schubert Masses by Harnoncourt on Teldec.
Ographies
- Introduction
- An introduction.
- Die schöne Müllerin
- A discography by Richard Morris, with subsequent additions by several contributors.
- Winterreise
- A discography by Ernest Johnson and Ted Perry, with subsequent additions by several contributors.
- Schwanengesang
- A discography by Richard Morris, with subsequent additions by several contributors.
- Filmography
- A Schubert filmography by Janet Wasserman.
- Deltiography (External link)
- A catalogue of Schubert postcards, by Richard Morris.
Other Articles
- Multimedia Schubert
- A review of the Multimedia CD by Richard Morris
- Schumann on the 9th Symphony
- The full text of the famous article by Robert Schumann, source of the 'heavenly length' quote, with notes by Richard Morris. Also includes other, shorter articles.
- Schubert 200 in Washington DC
- A review by Michelle Rendelman of the various Schubert 200 celebrations in Washington DC.