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Klappentext This collection of articles clarifies problems of style and chronology in the music Schubert composed during the last decade of his life. Zusammenfassung This collection of articles! written by European! American and British scholars! clarifies problems of style and chronology in the music Schubert composed during the last decade of his life. The articles touch on all areas of Schubert's output! with the emphasis on his songs! theatre music! and orchestral and chamber works. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations, Preface; 1. Schubert's songs and their poetry: reflections on poetic aspects of song composition Walther Dürr; 2. Schubert's 'Auf dem Strom' Rufus Hallmark; 3. Schubert and Sulzer revisited: a recapitulation of the events leading to Schubert's setting in Hebrew of Psalm XCII, D 953 Elaine Brody; 4. Schubert revises Schubert Marius Flothuis; 5. Schubert as a composer of operas Elizabeth Norman McKay; 6. Schubert and the melodrama Peter Branscombe; 7. Schubert's 'Der Tod und das Mädchen': analytical and explanatory notes on the song D 531 and the quartet D 810 Christoph Wolff; 8. In what respect a quintet? On the disposition of instruments in the String Quintet D 956 Peter Gülke; 9. Possibilities and limitations of stylistic criticism in the dating of Schubert's 'Great' C major Symphony Paul Badura-Skoda; 10. Paper studies and the future of Schubert research Robert Winter; 11. The chronology of Schubert's piano trios Eva Badura-Skoda; 12. The chronology of Schubert's fragments and sketches Reinhard van Hoorickx; 13. Rhythm in Schubert: some practical problems. Critical analysis, critical edition, critical performance Arnold Feil; 14. 'Father Leopold Puschl of Seitenstetten' and 'Schubert's sojourn at Zseliz': the late Ignaz Weinmann's last contributions to Schubert research Alexander Weinmann; Index.
