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Franz Schubert's Theatre of Song - a Listener's Guide
Mark Ringer
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Description for Franz Schubert's Theatre of Song - a Listener's Guide
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Ringer sheds new perspectives on Schubert's songs focusing on their incomparable dramatic power which often exceeds that of many a full-fledged opera. But Schubert's stage was not to be the public theaters of the repressive Metternich regime in Vienna but the far less censorable theater of the mind. Schubert's theater of song would spring to life in intimate social gatherings of like-minded friends wherever a singer and a fortepiano were available. They rightfully belong to every music lover. This is the first introductory guide for the general reader to appear in many ... Read more
Ringer sheds new perspectives on Schubert's songs focusing on their incomparable dramatic power which often exceeds that of many a full-fledged opera. But Schubert's stage was not to be the public theaters of the repressive Metternich regime in Vienna but the far less censorable theater of the mind. Schubert's theater of song would spring to life in intimate social gatherings of like-minded friends wherever a singer and a fortepiano were available. They rightfully belong to every music lover. This is the first introductory guide for the general reader to appear in many ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781574671766
SKU
V9781574671766
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About Mark Ringer
Mark Ringer (New York, NY) is professor of
Reviews for Franz Schubert's Theatre of Song - a Listener's Guide
"In the short compass of a song, Schubert makes us witness to brief but mortal conflicts." - Franz Liszt"