Schubert

by John Reed

Celebrating its 100th anniversary, this extraordinary series continues to amaze and captivate its readers with detailed insight into the lives and work of music's geniuses. Unlike other composer biographies that focus narrowly on the music, this series explores the personal history of each composer and the social context surrounding the music. In a precise, engaging, and authoritative manner, each volume combines a vivid portrait of the master musicians' inspirations, influences, life experiences, even their weaknesses, with an accessible discussion of their work-all in roughly 300 pages. Further, each volume offers superb reference material, including a detailed life and times chronology, a complete list of works, a personalia glossary highlighting the important people in the composer's life, and a select bibliography. Under the supervision of music expert and series general editor Stanley Sadie, Master Musicians will certainly proceed to delight music scholars, serious musicians, and all music lovers for another hundred years.
When this much acclaimed biography on Schubert was published ten years ago, it was welcomed as `a model of critical biography ... an essential vade mecum for all Schubertians'. In the intervening years, however, Schubert's public image has changed considerably, making it necessary to revise thoroughly the main text of the book as well as the four detailed appendices which serve as a useful reference section. Its aim remains the same: to provide a readable, authoritative, and reliable guide to Schubert's life and works for the student, the musician, and the general reader.

286 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1972

About the author

This is the disambiguation profile for otherwise unseparated authors publishing as John Reed

See also:
John Reed, poet
John O. Reed, African poetry
John Reed, author of Pinpointing Excellence
John Reed, author of Ten Days which Shook the World
John Reed, 1777-1845
John Reed, translator

Reviews

[VM · Rating 3 out of 5]

Känner mig lite taskig som bara ger en trea, men den här boken gav inte alls vad jag hade hoppats. Väldigt nördig och ”i forskningen” - kommer med övertygande bevis i tvistefrågor i detaljer om Schuberts liv som för mig är totalt ointressanta. Noterna hade också varit mer givande för någon som faktiskt kunde uttyda och ljuda dem under läsningen… Men noggrant och kunnigt skrivet, med lätt hand!