Schubert's Songs to Texts by Goethe

by Franz Schubert

Book Overview

Goethe failed to appreciate the songs which would link his poems to musical immortality. Schubert's tonal innovations and passionate insight into the great lyrics disconcerted the poet, but brought Schubert fame as master composer long before public recognition of his symphonies.
The prolific Schubert (over 600 songs in 10 years) was inspired by Goethe's verse as a prodigious young songwriter ("Gretchen am Spinnrade," his first masterpiece,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486237524
• ISBN13: 9780486237527
• Release Date: June 1979
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 12.2"