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Book SynopsisAudiences as well as other artists have responded to Franz Schubert''s music with passion, both during his time and in the past two centuries. Musicians, painters, writers, and filmmakers have all found a connection with him, integrating his music into their own works in ways that have given their works greater depth. Our Schubert: His Enduring Legacy examines Schubert and the ways audiences and artistsboth his contemporaries and their descendentsrelate to him, analyzing some of the uses of Schubert''s music and providing an intimate portrait of the man. Divided into two parts, part one focuses on Schubert''s own time, discussing many aspects of Schubert''s life and the effects they had on his compositions, such as the special importance and personal function Schubert''s songs held for the composer and their effect on his other works; his association with his contemporaries; and the subtleties of his political activism. Part two considers Schubert''s legacy, investigating the composer
Trade ReviewSchroeder provides a worthwhile and useful exploration of Schubert’s biography....Schroeder offers an often valuable descriptive and interpretative discussion of how Schubert’s music inspired the life and work of artists in other domains. * Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association *
This book is part biography, part reception history....Includes selective bibliography and discography, a short list of films using Schubert's music, and index. * The Beethoven Journal *
