Schubert's Winter Journey : anatomy of an obsession /
Bostridge, Ian,
Schubert's Winter Journey : anatomy of an obsession / Ian Bostridge. - First United States edition. - xxi, 502 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), music ; 19 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-500).
Gute Nacht = Good night -- Die Wetterfahne = The weathervane -- Gefrorne Tränen = Frozen tears -- Erstarrung = Frozen stiff -- Der Lindenbaum = The linden tree -- Wasserflut = Flood -- Auf dem Flusse = On the stream -- Rückblick = Backwards glance -- Irrlicht = Will-o'-the-wisp -- Rast = Rest -- Frühlingstraum = Dream of spring -- Einsamkeit = Loneliness -- Die Post = The post -- Der greise Kopf = The old man's head -- Die Krähe = The crow -- Letzte Hoffnung = Last hope -- Im Dorfe = In the village -- Der stürmische Morgen = The stormy morning -- Täuschung = Delusion -- Der Wegweiser = The signpost -- Das Wirtshaus = The inn -- Mut = Courage -- Die Nebensonnen = The mock suns -- Die Leiermann = The hurdy-gurdy man -- Aftermath.
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.
030796163X (hardcover) 9780307961631 (hardcover) : $29.00
2014020088
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Winterreise --Criticism and interpretation.
Song cycles--Criticism and interpretation.
Schubert's Winter Journey : anatomy of an obsession / Ian Bostridge. - First United States edition. - xxi, 502 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), music ; 19 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-500).
Gute Nacht = Good night -- Die Wetterfahne = The weathervane -- Gefrorne Tränen = Frozen tears -- Erstarrung = Frozen stiff -- Der Lindenbaum = The linden tree -- Wasserflut = Flood -- Auf dem Flusse = On the stream -- Rückblick = Backwards glance -- Irrlicht = Will-o'-the-wisp -- Rast = Rest -- Frühlingstraum = Dream of spring -- Einsamkeit = Loneliness -- Die Post = The post -- Der greise Kopf = The old man's head -- Die Krähe = The crow -- Letzte Hoffnung = Last hope -- Im Dorfe = In the village -- Der stürmische Morgen = The stormy morning -- Täuschung = Delusion -- Der Wegweiser = The signpost -- Das Wirtshaus = The inn -- Mut = Courage -- Die Nebensonnen = The mock suns -- Die Leiermann = The hurdy-gurdy man -- Aftermath.
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.
030796163X (hardcover) 9780307961631 (hardcover) : $29.00
2014020088
Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Winterreise --Criticism and interpretation.
Song cycles--Criticism and interpretation.