Schubert - A Musical Wayfarer

An insightful biography of the great composer, revealing Schubert's complex and fascinating private life alongside his musical geniusBrilliant, short-lived, incredibly prolific-Schubert is one of the most intriguing figures in music history. While his music attracts a wide audience, much of his private life remains shrouded in mystery, and significant portions of his work have been overlooked.In this major new biography, Lorraine Byrne Bodley takes a detailed look into Schubert's life, from his early years at the Stadtkonvikt to the harrowing battle with syphilis that led to his death at the age of thirty-one. Drawing on extensive archival research in Vienna and the Czech Republic, and reconsidering the meaning of some of his best-known works, Bodley provides a fuller account than ever before of Schubert's extraordinary achievement and incredible courage. This is a compelling new portrait of one of the most beloved composers of the nineteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Lorraine Byrne Bodley
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9780300204087
• ISBN: 978-0-300-20408-7
• No. of pages: 736
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 46 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Biography: arts & entertainment, Theory of music & musicology, Romanticism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music and musicology