Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hanson, Alice M

Titel

Books: "The Cambridge Companion to Schubert," Edited by Christopher H. Gibbs

Ist Teil von

• The Opera Quarterly, 1998, Vol.14 (4), p.111-112

Ort / Verlag

Oxford: Oxford Publishing Limited (England)

Erscheinungsjahr

1998

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Humanities

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Reviews a collection of essays (Cambridge U Press, 1997, 353p, $59.95 cloth/$19.95 paper) published in the 200th anniversary year of the composer's birth as part of the "Cambridge Companions to Music" series. Explains that the majority of the sixteen essays are from North American scholars and target a musically sophisticated readership. Reports that there are three main subject areas covering first Schubert's cultural and musical milieu, continuing with individual compositions grouped by genre, and finally reception history for the composer. SUggests that it is one of the better research-oriented publications on Schubert.