Schubert's Style and Idiom & Symposia
| Author: | Gerald Abraham (ed) | Title: | Schubert; a Symposium |
| Desc: | Lindsay Drummond, London;
1946. 257pp, plus 42 pages of appendices and 44 pages of Musical
examples. Hilmar # 2 |
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| Notes: | A collection of chapters or essays by a variety of writers, edited by Abraham. Published in America as The Music of Schubert. There is a very short biography by Otto Erich Deutsch, then chapters on the different types of music; orchestral, chamber, piano, songs, stage and choral, with a closing essay on the Schubert idiom. The chapters tend to be pure musical criticism and analysis, with few biographical details. Sometimes, the separate writers disagree; the chamber chapter dismisses all his piano writing, just before the next chapter praises it. 257 pages with a good (but dated) biography, lots of musical examples and a list of works. | ||
| Author: | Aderhold, Dürr, Litschauer (eds) | Title: | Franz Schubert Jahre der Krise 1818 - 1823 |
| Desc: | Bärenreiter, Kassel,
1985. ISBN 3-7618-0758-9. 144pp, illustrated, with music examples.
(in German) Articles listed separately in Hilmar, volume listed as # 14a. |
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| Notes: | Assorted articles, dedicated to Arnold Feil on his 60th birthday | ||
| Author: | Eva Badura-Skoda and Peter Branscombe (Editors) | Title: | Schubert Studies - Problems of Style and chronology |
| Desc: | Cambridge University
Press, 1982. ISBN 0-521-22606-6. 355pp plus index, illustrated.
Articles seperately listed in Hilmar, volume listed as # 85a. |
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| Notes: | A collection of essays, generally excellent, from a variety of authors, often quite technical and with general themes of the chronology of works and Schubert's style. Includes the fascinating and important essay by Winter on paper studies. Also has the first publication of a sketch of Schubert making music with Vogl and Josephine Fröhlich by Waldmüller. Over 350 pages, with illustrations and lots of music examples. | ||
| Author: | Leo Black | Title: | Franz Schubert: Music and Belief |
| Desc: | Boydell Press,
Woodbridge, Suffolk, and Rochester, New York; 2003. 209pp, many
music examples, recordings, bibliography, index. Not in Hilmar |
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| Notes: | A rather rambling book that attempts to redress the balance of Schubert being represented as a difficult man in difficult times. Concentrates on works, such as masses and religious songs, where Schubert's beliefs are clearly expressed, and then examines instrumental masterpieces. | ||
| Author: | Maurice Brown | Title: | Schubert Variations |
| Desc: | Macmillan, London; 1954.
95pp plus appendix, indexes.Musical Examples. Hilmar# 386 |
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| Notes: | Brown's first book, a short (100 pages) discussion of Schubert's 'theme and variations' works, which number 16 pieces or movements of larger works. A couple of chapters on his style, then individual critical analysis on each of the works, broken down to 4 phases - The early experimental years, the song variations (including the trout quintet and the death and the maiden quartet), Maturity, and Decline. No pictures, but musical examples in plenty. | ||
| Author: | Otto Brusatti (Ed) | Title: | Schubert-Kongress Wien 1978 |
| Desc: | Akademische Druck-und
Verlagsanstalt, Graz. 389pp, musical examples and facsimilies. (in
German) Articles listed seperately in Hilmar |
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| Notes: | 32 papers (2 in English, 1 in French, the rest in German) on a variety of Schubertian subjects presented at the Schubert Congress in Vienna, June 1978. | ||
| Author: | John Daverio | Title: | Crossing Paths - Schubert, Schumann, & Brahms |
| Desc: | Oxford University Press,
Oxford & New York; 2003. ISBN 0-19-513296-3. 310pp, illustrated,
musical examples, endnotes, index. Not in Hilmar |
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| Notes: | Seven long essays about the connections between art and life in the works of Schubert, Schumann & Brahms. Daverio is a Schumann scholar, so there is somewhat more of him than the others. | ||
| Author: | Fischer and Schumann (eds) | Title: | Schubert-Jahrbuch |
| Desc: | Deutsche
Schubert-Gesellschaft, Duisburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7618-1295-7. (in
German) Articles listed seperately in Hilmar |
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| Notes: | Report of the Convention "Schubert-Aspekte", March 1995. 11 papers on various Schubertian subjects. | ||
| Author: | Walter Frisch (Editor) | Title: | Schubert: Critical and analytical Studies |
| Desc: | University of Nebraska
Press, 1982. 256pp. Many musical examples. Index. Hilmar # 1181, articles also listed seperately |
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| Notes: | A series of 11 essays, on a variety of subjects, many specifically to do with songs, including detailed analyses of certain songs. Some are translations of works previously only available in German, including a chapter from Thrasybulos Georgiades' Schubert. Musik und Lyrik. Very technical. Reprinted in paperback in 1996. | ||
| Author: | Hans Gál | Title: | Schubert and the Essence of Melody |
| Desc: | Gollancz, London; 1974.
190pp, musical examples, chronology, bibliography, indexes. Hilmar # 1198 |
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| Notes: | A rather rambling and unstructured work, somewhat biographical, somewhat analytical, which invites rereading. Some of the biographical details seem very out of date. Translated from the German Franz Schubert oder der Melodie. Also translated into Hungarian. | ||
| Author: | Christopher Gibbs (ed) | Title: | The Cambridge Companion to Schubert |
| Desc: | Cambridge University
Press; 1997. 340pp including copious notes and indexes. Many musical
examples. Hilmar # 1254 |
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| Notes: | An interesting collection of articles, from well known Schubertians. In three sections, Musical political and cultural contexts; Musical style and Genre; Reception. An excellent addition to the field, though overpriced in hardback, the paperback being much more reasonable. | ||
| Author: | Ludwig Kusche | Title: | Franz Schubert Dichtung und Wahrheit |
| Desc: | Süddeutscher,
Munich, 1962. 157pp. (in German) Hilmar # 2139 |
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| Notes: | Series of Short articles on Schubert, in German | ||
| Author: | Brian Newbould (Ed) | Title: | Schubert Studies |
| Desc: | Ashgate, Aldershot, 1998.
ISBN 1-85928-253-9. 277pp, illustrated, many musical examples. Articles listed seperately in Hilmar, whole volume as 2600a. |
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| Notes: | A collection of 11 varied essays on Schubert by renowned Schubert scholars and performers. I found the essays to be generally very strong and interesting, especially Newbould on the manuscript of the 9th Symphony, and Steblin on Schubert's relationships with women. There is also a welcome, though rather bitty, essay by András Schiff on interpretation and performance of the sonatas.The book is very expensive though, notwithstanding 'a computer virus' that 'corrupted some of the music examples', necessitating a rather embarrassing Errata slip. | ||
| Author: | Brian Newbould (Ed) | Title: | Schubert the Progressive |
| Desc: | Ashgate, Aldershot, 2003.
ISBN 0-7546-0368-7. 180pp, many music examples, appendix, indices. Not in Hilmar. |
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| Notes: | A collection of 11 varied essays on Schubert by renowned Schubert scholars and performers. In essence, the proceedings of the SIUK/Leeds University International Schubert Conference in 2000. | ||
| Author: | Alfred Orel and Robert Haas (eds) | Title: | Bericht Über Den Internationalen Kongress Für Schubertforschung |
| Desc: | Filser, Augsburg, 1929.
242pp, plates, musical examples. (in German) Articles listed seperately in Hilmar |
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| Notes: | Report on the 1928 International Congress on Schubert research. Over 25 papers on a variety of Schubertian subjects, by Friedlaender, Orel, Prod'homme, Stefan, Hoboken, Deutsch, Kahl and others. | ||
| Author: | Erich Wolfgang Partsch (ed) | Title: | Franz Schubert - Der Fortschrittliche |
| Desc: | Schneider, Tutzing, 1989.
ISBN 3 7952 0614 6. 256pp, many musical examples. Hilmar # 2717 |
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| Notes: | Internationales Franz Schubert Institut publication of a series of essays on Schubert, all but one in German. | ||
| Author: | Robert Werba | Title: | Schubert und die Wiener |
| Desc: | Jugend und Volk, Vienna,
1978 ISBN 3-7141-6080-9. 143pp. 26 black and white plates, tipped in
colour fronticepiece. Short bibliography. (in German) Hilmar # 3671 |
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| Notes: | Schubertian essays, on a variety of subjects, in German. | ||
| Author: | Conrad Wilson | Title: | Notes on Schubert 20 Crucial Works |
| Desc: | Saint Andrew Press,
Edinburgh, 2003. ISBN 0-7152-0804-7. 130pp, including further
listening, further reading and glossary. Not in Hilmar |
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| Notes: | Short analyses on 20 key Schubert works, from Gretchen and the song cycles, to 3 of the symphonies, chamber and piano music. With the author's choice of recordings, further reading and a glossary. One of a series of similar books on various composers. | ||