Description
Practically without ancestry, the songs of Franz Schubert stand out as the crowning achievement of the lieder tradition. The directly appealing melodies, with their infinite variety and grace, and the highly evocative accompaniments, filled with graceful pianistic figures, lend these short masterpieces the rare distinction of encompassing greatness in a score of bars.
Schubert's three great song cycles are here reprinted directly from the definitive Breitkopf & H rtel Schubert-Gesammtausgabe. The volume comprises the universally known and beloved songs of Die sch ne M llerin (1823), the somber depth and picturesqueness of Die Winterreise (1827) and Schwanengesang (1828), one of Schubert's last works, a rich and masterly epilogue to the long series of his songs. Whether purely lyrical (as in "Wohin?") or creating revolutionary atmospheric effects (as in "Die Stadt" or "Der Doppelg nger"), all of these songs show the composer to sure and powerful advantage.
In addition to the music and German texts, this volume also includes English translations of the texts by Henry S. Drinker, previously unavailable, that are especially designed to be sung to Schubert's melodies.
Author: Franz Schubert
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 06/01/1970
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 12.20h x 9.40w x 0.46d
ISBN13: 9780486226491
ISBN10: 0486226492
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Printed Music | Opera & Classical Scores
- Music | Genres & Styles | Classical
- Music | Printed Music | Vocal
Schubert's three great song cycles are here reprinted directly from the definitive Breitkopf & H rtel Schubert-Gesammtausgabe. The volume comprises the universally known and beloved songs of Die sch ne M llerin (1823), the somber depth and picturesqueness of Die Winterreise (1827) and Schwanengesang (1828), one of Schubert's last works, a rich and masterly epilogue to the long series of his songs. Whether purely lyrical (as in "Wohin?") or creating revolutionary atmospheric effects (as in "Die Stadt" or "Der Doppelg nger"), all of these songs show the composer to sure and powerful advantage.
In addition to the music and German texts, this volume also includes English translations of the texts by Henry S. Drinker, previously unavailable, that are especially designed to be sung to Schubert's melodies.
Author: Franz Schubert
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 06/01/1970
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 12.20h x 9.40w x 0.46d
ISBN13: 9780486226491
ISBN10: 0486226492
BISAC Categories:
- Music | Printed Music | Opera & Classical Scores
- Music | Genres & Styles | Classical
- Music | Printed Music | Vocal
About the Author
Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was the first of the great Romantics. In addition to his nine symphonies, he wrote more than 600 Lieder (songs) as well as piano pieces, operas, and chamber music.
This title is not returnable