The New Grove Schubert

by Maurice J.E. Brown

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is the most comprehensive and up-to-date body of musical knowledge ever gathered together. The New Grove composer biographies have been selected from the dictionary to bring the finest of the biographies to a wider audience. Each has been expanded and updated for book publication and contains a comprehensive work-list, index, and fully revised bibliography, in addition to the definitive view of the subject's life and works. Maurice J. E. Brown, one of the world's leading authorities on Schubert, completed this fine biography of the composer shortly before his death. He covers every aspect of Schubert's short and tragic life, clearly relating it to the works. He discusses the influence of Schubert's friends and explores the background to the composition of many of his best-known pieces, such as Winterreise. The biography has been brought up to date by Eric Sams, who also contributed the outstanding work-list.

Genres: Music

186 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1983

About the author

Maurice John Edwin Brown (3 August 1906 – 27 August 1975) was a British musicologist and a noted authority on Franz Schubert.

Brown's book Schubert: A Critical Biography (1958) became the standard work on the composer for many years, establishing him as an international authority.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great overview of Schubert and his works, but badly in need of an update, at least to the bibliography.