The Life of Schubert by Christopher H Gibbs
Franz Schubert's tragically short life was lived in one of Europe's most richly musical cities: a Vienna that worshipped Beethoven and where Rossini and Paganini drew crowds. Christopher Gibbs considers how and what Schubert composed, taking a fresh look at this misunderstood composer, particularly the unfolding of his professional career, his relationship to Beethoven, the growth of his reputation and public image and his darker side of drinking, depression and sexual ambiguity. This searching and sympathetic biography questions the customary sentimental clich s and the recent revisionist views concerning this elusive genius.
' … a well-researched, warmly written, and refreshing new look at the Austrian composer' The Library Journal
' … timely and valuable … Mr Gibbs, with his solid grounding and balanced view, packs a great deal into a small space …'. New York Times
' … timely and valuable … Gibbs, with his solid grounding and balanced view, packs a great deal into a small space and supplies a corrective still sorely needed, or, as he suggests, needed now more than ever, as seductive new theories mingle freely with comfortable old myths.' International Herald Tribune
'A clear-sighted, brisk survey of the life.' Hilary Finch, BBC Music Magazine
'The latest book in Cambridge's excellent series of short, non-specialist Musical Lives.' Guy Dammann, The Times Literary Supplement
'The book in general is concise, scholarly and clearly written … and I learnt a lot from it about Schubert and about Viennese musical life in the 1820s that was new to me.' Opera
' … timely and valuable … Mr Gibbs, with his solid grounding and balanced view, packs a great deal into a small space …'. New York Times
' … timely and valuable … Gibbs, with his solid grounding and balanced view, packs a great deal into a small space and supplies a corrective still sorely needed, or, as he suggests, needed now more than ever, as seductive new theories mingle freely with comfortable old myths.' International Herald Tribune
'A clear-sighted, brisk survey of the life.' Hilary Finch, BBC Music Magazine
'The latest book in Cambridge's excellent series of short, non-specialist Musical Lives.' Guy Dammann, The Times Literary Supplement
'The book in general is concise, scholarly and clearly written … and I learnt a lot from it about Schubert and about Viennese musical life in the 1820s that was new to me.' Opera
Richard Taruskin is Class of 1955 Professor of Music at the University of California, Berkeley. He is coeditor (with Piero Weiss) of Music in the Western World: A History in Documents (Second Edition, 2007), as well as the author of Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions: A Biography of the Works Through Mavra (1996) and Text and Act: Essays on Music and Performance (OUP, 1995). Christopher H. Gibbs is James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music at Bard College, Co-Artistic Director of the Bard Music Festival, and Associate Editor of The Musical Quarterly. He edited The Cambridge Companion to Schubert (1997), coedited Franz Liszt and His World (2006), and is the author of The Life of Schubert (2000). Gibbs is a recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award and was a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies. Since 2000, Gibbs has served as program annotator and consulting musicologist for The Philadelphia Orchestra, where he frequently gives lectures. Gibbs also gives lectures at other orchestras, Carnegie Hall, Great Performers at Lincoln Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521595124 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521595126 |
| Title | The Life of Schubert |
| Author | Christopher H Gibbs |
| Series | Musical Lives |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2000-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 228 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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