Author: Florence S. AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Analysis of Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B Minor
Author: Florence S. AllenAn Analysis of the Symphony Number 8 in B Minor, D. 759, "Unfinished" of Franz Schubert
Author: Michael Ted GriffithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Symphonies
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Symphony in B minor ("Unfinished")
Author: Franz SchubertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Orchestral music
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Schubert's Symphony in B minor, known as "Unfinished," has been one of the central works of the musical literature for over a century, since its discovery and first performance thirty-seven years after the composer's death. This volume includes the complete musical score of the work, and a stimulating selection of materials illuminating its historical and musical background.For this edition, the musical text that Johannes Brahms prepared for the Schubert Gesamtausgabe has been revised and corrected on the basis of a thorough comparison with Schubert's manuscript. The surviving piano sketches for the symphony, including the incomplete third movement, are for the first time presented in the same volume with the score; the orchestrated fragment of the third movement is also reprinted. The complex history of the symphony and the riddle of its incompleteness are traced in essays referring to original source material, while the editor's detailed analysis and his selection of views and comments (ranging from a review of the first performance up to the present) acquaint the reader with the views of such figures as Wolf, Dvor̆ák, Stravinsky, and Copland. A selective bibliography is also provided. -- from dust jacket.
Performance Practice Issues
Author: Corneliu OlariuHarmony in Schubert: Harmonic progression; 2. Line progression; 3. Common prolongations and successions; 4. Chords built on bII, on III, and from the parallel key; Part II. Masterpieces: 5. 'Ganymed' (D. 544 6. Quintet in A Major ('Trout', D. 667), movement 1; 7. Symphony in B Minor ('unfinished', D. 759), movement 1; 8. Piano Sonata in A Minor (D. 784), movement 2; 9. 'Die junge Nonne' (D. 828); 10. Four Impromptus (D. 899); 11. 'Auf dem Flusse' from Winterreise (D. 911, No. 7); 12. Piano Sonata in B flat Major (D. 960), movement 1; Epilogue; Bibliography
Author: David DamschroderPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521764637
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This book develops fresh ideas on harmony through analyzing the music of one of Western music's true innovators, Franz Schubert.
Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B Minor D. 759 (unfinished)
Author: Jennifer Lea BrownSchubert, Symphony No. 8 in B Minor
Author: David SellGraphic Music Analysis
Author: Eric WenPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538104679
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This book approaches Schenkerian analysis in a practical and accessible manner fit for the classroom, guiding readers through a step-by-step process. It is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of musicology, music theory, composition, and performance, and it is replete with a wide variety of musical examples.
Unfinished History
Author: David MontgomeryPublisher: Brown Walker Press (FL)
ISBN: 9781627346603
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This study addresses a long-standing mythology concerning the -Unfinished- Symphony and reviews anachronistic performance practices that prevent listeners from experiencing the work as a product of its own time. David Montgomery's Unfinished History challenges the traditional story of Franz Schubert's B-minor Symphony and searches for a more credible account of this great work. Written for all Schubert lovers from lay readers to musicians and musicologists, the book reviews a strangely persistent mythology concerning the symphony, continuing with the first in-depth examination of its manuscript and related documents. Details of handwriting, notation, paper, watermarks, compositional procedures, and stylistic contexts suggest a new year and country of origin for the -Unfinished- Symphony, a possible explanation for the absence of a finale in the sketches, and an alternative account of the score's disappearance and prolonged sequestration. The author concludes with an essay on performing the work in the context of its own times. The story of the Unfinished has been based partly upon three conflicting letters written in old age by Schubert's former secretary long after the composer's death. A fourth document in this insupportable mythology is a photograph of a lost letter purportedly sent from Schubert to the Styrian Music Society in Graz, promising to send them a symphony. Many historians still believe the letter to be genuine, despite the fact that its signature has been traced. David Montgomery's handwriting analysis finally identifies the real writer of this odd missive, clearing a further path to new research.
The History, Art Song Characteristics and Performance of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony
Author: Huimin ZhouPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Schubert's Symphony No.8 in B minor is one of the most popular orchestral pieces in today's classical music concert. One reason is that the historical mystery behind the incomplete sketches of the composer arouses audiences' curiosities. The other reason is that the beautiful melodic line and delicate orchestral sonority in the symphony attracts listeners to admire Schubert's musical talent. Many musicologists relate the moods and the musical contents in this symphony to the characteristics of Schubert's art song. This paper will give a brief introduction about research on the authenticity of the score and the comparison between Schubert's art songs and the Symphony No. 8. I will discuss the rehearsal and conducting practice of the symphony through the examination on the critical score, the musical recordings and the secondary references. Additionally, this study will explain how the familiarity to Schubert's art songs assist a conductor to comprehend and project "Unfinished" Symphony, and describe how a conductor takes a neutral position, leading audiences to composer's musical narration.