Schubert Orchestral, Chamber and other Works
| Author: | A Brent Smith | Title: | Schubert The Symphonies and Schubert Quartet in D minor and Octet |
| Desc: | Oxford University Press,
London; 1926 and 1927. 48pp and 55pp. Many musical examples. Kahl # 1848. |
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| Notes: | 2 short (about 50 pages each) critical essays on the 8th and 9th symphonies, and the famous chamber works. Amongst the earliest published criticisms of Schubert works. | ||
| Author: | Maurice JE Brown | Title: | Schubert Symphonies |
| Desc: | BBC Publications, London,
1970. 64pp, many musical examples. Hilmar # 424 |
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| Notes: | A short (64 pages) critical analysis of the Schubert symphonies. A straightforward guide, slightly out of date as regards the 10th symphony, the sketches of which were at this time (1970) still thought to date from 1818. Various reprints from other publishers including the University of Washington, Seattle. | ||
| Author: | Martin Chusid (ed) | Title: | Schubert Symphony in B minor ("Unfinished") |
| Desc: | Norton, New York; 1968.
132pp, inc bibliography. Hilmar # 566 |
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| Notes: | From the Norton Critical Scores series, the score of the Unfinished, with the full score of the scherzo fragment, and the piano sketches. Has essays on the historical background and analysis. Also contains long quotes from other famous articles, including Dvorák's on Schubert's Music, and Deutsch on the Unfinished. Revised in 1971 to allow for the recently discovered fragment of the scherzo. | ||
| Author: | Alexander Dean | Title: | Rosamunde |
| Desc: | Silver, Burdett, New
York, 1928. 170pp, colour illustrations, music score. Decorative
boards. Not in Kahl |
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| Notes: | Reconstruction of Rosamunde with 2 act libretto, piano score, costume and staging designs and notes. Despite references to 'professional terms', etc., it seems unlikely that this was ever seriously intended for other than amateur performance. The reconstruction is approximate at best, and features Blossom Time like interpolations of 'bit hits' such as Heidenröslein and Ave Maria. . | ||
| Author: | Carolyn Maxwell (ed) | Title: | Schubert Solo Piano Literature |
| Desc: | Maxwell Musical
Evaluation, Boulder, Boulder; 1986. 348pp, many incipits. Hilmar # 2386a |
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| Notes: | A sort of annotated thematic catalogue for the piano works only, aimed at teachers, students and performers. Incipit and comments and performance recommendations on all the solo works, including each of the hundreds of dances. Each is graded for difficulty. | ||
| Author: | [K] Elizabeth Norman McKay | Title: | Schubert's Music for the Theatre |
| Desc: | Hans Schneider, Tutzing;
1991. ISBN 3 7952 0664 2. 412pp, musical examples. Hilmar # 2420 |
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| Notes: | A book published by the Internationales Franz Schubert Institut, the definitive work on Schubert's works for the theatre. This has been a particular specialisation by Elizabeth (one of the founders of the SIUK) since her thesis on the subject. Over 400 pages with lots of musical examples, but no illustrations. Has a decent bibliography and a list of performances and recordings, most of which are not available on CD, but only on old records. Has useful introductory chapters, and detailed analyses of each of the works. | ||
| Author: | Brian Newbould | Title: | Franz Schubert Symphony No 7 in E (D729). Realisation |
| Desc: | University of Hull Press,
Hull, 1992. ISBN 0 85958 471 2. 157pp, plus 8 pages of preface and 5
plates. Hilmar # 2589 |
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| Notes: | Brian Newbould's realisation, in full score, of Schubert's 7th Symphony, a work fully sketched structurally, but not fully written out. The first 110 bars are complete, but over 900 bars have just a single line of music. Rather disappointingly, the score does not indicated what is pure Schubert and what is Newbould, which would have "entailed more cumbersome and expensive processes than accorded with the purposes of this edition".. | ||
| Author: | [K] Brian Newbould | Title: | Schubert and the Symphony: A new perspective |
| Desc: | Toccata Press, Surbiton,
1992.ISBN 0-907689-26-4. 417pp, including 4 appendices, index and
comprehensive bibliography. Illustrated, many musical examples. Hilmar # 2590 |
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| Notes: | A definitive work on Schubert symphonies, by the chairman of the SIUK, and a Schubert scholar renowned for his completions of the Symphonies. Very readable, though a little heavy going in places if you don't know your music theory. | ||
| Author: | Ernest Porter | Title: | Schubert's Piano Works |
| Desc: | Dennis Dobson, London;
1980. 158pp, musical examples, appendices and index. Hilmar # 2829 |
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| Notes: | I bought this new quite recently, though whether it is still in print, or that was just a few leftovers, I don't know. A fairly thorough analysis of the piano music, both solo and duet, including chapters on Harmony and Modulation and Melody, Rhythm and Form. Not too technical. | ||
| Author: | Philip Radcliffe | Title: | Schubert Piano Sonatas |
| Desc: | BBC Publications, London,
1967. 56pp. Many musical examples. Hilmar # 2876. Hilmar # 2876 |
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| Notes: | A short (56 pages) critical analysis of the Schubert sonatas. Various reprints from other publishers including the University of Washington, Seattle. | ||
| Author: | Arnold Schering | Title: | Franz Schuberts Symphonie in H-Moll "Unvollendete" und ihr Geheimnis |
| Desc: | Triltsch, Würzburg,
1939. 43pp, musical examples. Hilmar # 3082 |
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| Notes: | Analysis of the 'Unfinished' symphony, with background information. Reprinted from 1938 edition ? | ||
| Author: | Renate Ulm (editor) | Title: | Franz Schuberts Symphonien Entstehung, Deutung, Wirkung |
| Desc: | Deutscher Taschenbuch,
Munich / Bärenreiter, Kassel, 2000. ISBN 3-423-30791-9. 270pp,
with illustrations and musical examples. (in German) Hilmar # 3509a |
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| Notes: | Various essays by a dozen different writers about each of the symphonies. | ||
| Author: | Dallas Weekley and Nancy Arganbright | Title: | Schubert's Music for Piano Four-Hands |
| Desc: | Pro/Am Musik Resources
inc / Kahn and Averill, New York / London, 1990. ISBN 0-912483-55-5.
148pp. Musical examples and illustrations. Hilmar # 3627 |
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| Notes: | A book about the piano four-hands music by a husband and wife team who are experienced performers of the piano four hands repertory. A short biography, with details of the works, a few pictures (including one contemporary one I'd never seen before) and lots of music quotes. Also has performing hints. An appendix of about 40 pages has relevant quotes lifted directly from other books. | ||
| Author: | W. Wells-Harrison | Title: | Schubert Chamber Music |
| Desc: | The Strad, London /
Scribner's, New York, 1915. 93pp plus appendix, adverts. Many
musical examples. Kahl # 1367 |
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| Notes: | Series of chapters on the chamber works for strings and piano, reprinted from the Strad Magazine. | ||
| Author: | Jack Westrup | Title: | Schubert Chamber Music |
| Desc: | BBC , London, 1977. 63pp
with musical examples. Not in Hilmar |
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| Notes: | A short (61 pages) critical analysis of the Schubert chamber works, with a list of the works. The first edition from was from 1969, there are various reprints from the BBC and other publishers including Ariel Music. | ||
| Author: | Otto Wissig | Title: | Franz Schuberts Messen |
| Desc: | Poeschel & Trepte,
Leipzig, 1909. 67pp plus 21 pages of incipits. (in German) Kahl # 1123 |
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| Notes: | Analysis of Schubert's masses, a dissertation from the University of Leipzig. | ||