Schubert’s late music : history, theory, style

489 Pages·2016·26.003 MB·English

by  Bodley, Lorraine Byrne, Horton, Julian, Schubert, Franz

Schubert’sLateMusic
Schubert’slatemusichasprovedpivotalforthedevelopmentofdiverse
fieldsofmusicalscholarship,frombiographyandmusichistorytothe
theoryofharmony.ThiscollectionaddressescurrentissuesinSchu-
bert studies, including compositional technique, the topical issue of
‘late’ style, tonal strategy and form in the composer’s instrumental
music and musical readings of the ‘postmodern’ Schubert. Offering
freshapproachestoSchubert’sinstrumentalandvocalworksandtheir
reception, this book argues that the music that the composer pro-
ducedfrom1822to1828iscentraltoaparadigmshiftinthehistory
of music during the nineteenth century. The contributors provide a
timelyreassessmentofSchubert’slegacy,assemblingaportraitofthe
composer that is very different from the sentimental Schubert per-
meatingnineteenth-centurycultureandthepostmodernSchubertof
morerecentliterature.
lorraine byrne bodley is Senior Lecturer in Musicology at
MaynoothUniversity.SheisthefirstwomaninIrelandtobeawardeda
D.Mus.inMusicology(NationalUniversityofIreland,2012).Shehas
published eleven books and is currently writing a new biography of
Schubert.RecentawardsincludetwoDAADSeniorAcademicAwards
(2010and2014)andaGerda-HenkelFoundationScholarship(2014).
In 2015 she was elected President of the Society for Musicology in
IrelandsandaMemberoftheRoyalIrishAcademy.
julian horton is Professor of Music and Head of Department at
DurhamUniversity.HeistheauthorofmonographsincludingBruck-
ner’sSymphonies:Analysis,ReceptionandCulturalPolitics(2004)and
editorofTheCambridgeCompaniontotheSymphony(2013).In2012
hewasawardedtheWestrupPrizeoftheMusicandLettersTrustand
in2014hewaselectedPresidentoftheSocietyforMusicAnalysis.

Schubert’s Late Music
History, Theory, Style
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julian horton
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Contents
Listoffigures page[x]
Listofmusicexamples [xi]
Listoftables [xvii]
Notesoncontributors [xix]
Acknowledgements [xxv]
Introduction:Schubert’slatestyleandcurrentmusical
scholarship [1]
lorraine byrne bodley
part i reception histories [17]
1 ‘Classical’musicandVienneseresistancetoSchubert’s
Beethovenproject [19]
john m. gingerich
2 Beethoven,Schubertandthemovementofphenomena [35]
scott burnham
3 [Un]HimmlischeLa¨nge:editorialinterventionas
receptionhistory [52]
anne m. hyland
4 Citation,narrativeandmeaning:WoodyAllenand
thelateSchubert [77]
harry white
part ii the late instrumental music (1):
hermeneutics and performance [89]
5 Schubert’salchemy:transformativesurfaces,
transfiguringdepths [91]
robert s. hatten
6 Againstthegrain:theSonatainG(D.894)anda
hermeneuticsoflatestyle [111]
vii
richard kramer
viii Contents
7 Schubert’sWiegenlied:theAndantesostenutofromthe
PianoSonatainB(cid:2),D.960 [134]
eric wen
8 Schubert’sreconciliationofgothicandclassical
influences [149]
marjorie hirsch
9 ThefirstmovementofSchubert’sPianoSonataD.959and
theperformanceofanalysis [171]
julian horton
part iii the late instrumental music (2):
meaning and genre [191]
10 SchuberthearingDonGiovanni:Mozartiandeathmusicin
the‘Unfinished’Symphony [193]
glenn stanley
11 Longingfortheunattainable:thesecondmovementofthe
‘Great’CmajorSymphony [219]
lauri suurpa¨a¨
12 TonalrecollectioninSchubert’slateinstrumentalmusic [241]
ryan mcclelland
13 Detours,wrongtracksanddeadends:theWandererinthe
labyrinthofSchubert’slateinstrumentalmusic [263]
xavier hascher
14 Formalambiguityandgenericreinterpretationinthelate
instrumentalmusic [282]
su yin mak
part iv defining late style [307]
15 The‘problemofsolitude’andcritiqueinsong:Schubert’s
loneliness [309]
susan youens
16 Musicoftheorphanedself?Schubertandconcepts
oflatestyle [331]
lorraine byrne bodley
Contents ix
17 Boundedfinitudeandboundlessinfinitude:Schubert’s
contradictionsatthe‘finalbarrier’ [357]
blake howe
18 InvocationsofmemoryinSchubert’slastsongs [383]
ju¨rgen thym
19 ‘Theprerogativeoflatestyle’:thoughtsontheexpressive
worldofSchubert’slateworks [404]
benjamin m. korstvedt
20 Singingagainstlatestyle:theproblemofperformance
history [426]
laura tunbridge
Selectbibliography [442]
Index [453]