| Description |
xiii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Musical lives |
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Musical lives.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-200) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Schubert yesterday -- Representing Schubert: 'A life devoted to art' -- Young Schubert: 'The master in the boy' -- Ingenious Schubert: 'The price of song' -- Popular Schubert: 'The turning point' -- Dark Schubert: 'A black-winged demon of sorrow and melancholy' -- Poor Schubert: 'Miserable reality' -- Late Schubert: 'Who shall stand beside Beethoven?' -- Immortal Schubert: 'Composing invisibly' -- Epilogue: Schubert today -- Notes -- Further reading. |
| Subject |
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.
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Composers -- Austria -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
052159426X |
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0521595126 paperback |
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