Schubert's Winter journey : anatomy of an obsession
2015
Book
Draws on the author's first-hand experience with Franz Schubert's "Winterreise," his musical knowledge, and his training as a scholar to explore the meanings of the songs comprising this masterpiece, one of the greatest pieces of music ever written for the male solo voice.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780571282807
- 9780307961631
Description: xxi, 502 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Parts of text in both English and German.
- Self-Renewing 2018
Contents:
- Gute Nacht = Good night
- Die Wetterfahne = The weathervane
- Gefrorne Tràˆnen = Frozen tears
- Erstarrung = Frozen stiff
- Der Lindenbaum = The linden tree
- Wasserflut = Flood
- Auf dem Flusse = On the stream
- Rùˆckblick = Backwards glance
- Irrlicht = Will-o'-the-wisp
- Rast = Rest
- Frùˆhlingstraum = Dream of spring
- Einsamkeit = Loneliness
- Die Post = The post
- Der greise Kopf = The old man's head
- Die Kràˆhe = The crow
- Letzte Hoffnung = Last hope
- Im Dorfe = In the village
- Der stùˆrmische Morgen = The stormy morning
- Tàˆuschung = Delusion
- Der Wegweiser = The signpost
- Das Wirtshaus = The inn
- Mut = Courage
- Die Nebensonnen = The mock suns
- Die Leiermann = The hurdy-gurdy man
- Aftermath.
Control Number: 2631345
Publisher: London : Faber and Faber, 2015.