Schubert's "Winterreise by Franz Schubert

Schubert's "Winterreise by Franz Schubert

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Brings together the achievements of Schubert and Muller with interpretations by musicians, scholars, and a photographer. This volume includes: the German text of Wilhelm Muller's twenty-four poems; a foreword by Pulitzer Prize - winning American composer, John Harbison; an introductory essay by renowned Schubert scholar, Susan Youens; and more.

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Schubert's "Winterreise by Franz Schubert

Brings together the achievements of Schubert and Muller with interpretations by musicians, scholars, and a photographer. This volume includes: the German text of Wilhelm Muller's twenty-four poems; a foreword by Pulitzer Prize - winning American composer, John Harbison; an introductory essay by renowned Schubert scholar, Susan Youens; and more.
"It took courage beyond reckoning for Schubert to set Wilhelm Muller's poetry to music, because he saw in it his own possible fate, one of unimaginable bleaknessA great work assumes even greater power when one realizes what it must have meant to its creator." - Susan Youens, from the introductory essay
John Harbison is institute professor of music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Katrin Talbot is an award-winning photographer and violist who lives in Madison, Wisconsin. Susan Youens is professor of musicology at the University of Notre Dame. Louise McClelland Urban is professor emerita of voice at the University of Maryland, College Park, Paul Rowe, baritone, and Martha Fischer, pianist, are professors of music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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ISBN 13 9780299186005
ISBN 10 0299186008
Title Schubert's "Winterreise
Author Wilhelm Muller
Condition Unavailable
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Year published 2003-05-06
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.