{"product_id":"schuberts-winter-journey-9780307961631","title":"Schuberts Winter Journey","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exploration of the world’s most famous and challenging song cycle, Schubert's \u003ci\u003eWinter Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eWinterreise\u003c\/i\u003e), by a leading interpreter of the work, who teases out the themes—literary, historical, psychological—that weave through the twenty-four songs that make up this legendary masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompleted in the last months of the young Schubert’s life, \u003ci\u003eWinterreise\u003c\/i\u003e has come to be considered the single greatest piece of music in the history of Lieder. Deceptively laconic—these twenty-four short poems set to music for voice and piano are performed uninterrupted in little more than an hour—it nonetheless has an emotional depth and power that no music of its kind has ever equaled. A young man, rejected by his beloved, leaves the house where he has been living and walks out into snow and darkness. As he wanders away from the village and into the empty countryside, he experiences a cascade of emotions—loss, grief, anger, an\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alfred A. Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864364331351,"sku":"9780307961631","price":22.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780307961631.jpg?v=1722271598","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/schuberts-winter-journey-9780307961631","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}