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Bostridge, Ian, author.

Schubert's Winter Journey : anatomy of an obsession / Ian Bostridge.

First United States edition.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

xxi, 502 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), music ; 19 cm

Draws on the author's first-hand experience with Franz Schubert's "Winterreise," his musical knowledge, and his training as a scholar to explore the meanings of the songs comprising this masterpiece, one of the greatest pieces of music ever written for the male solo voice.

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Winterreise -- Criticism and interpretation.

Song cycles -- Criticism and interpretation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-500).

Gute Nacht = Good night -- Die Wetterfahne = The weathervane -- Gefrorne Tränen = Frozen tears -- Erstarrung = Frozen stiff -- Der Lindenbaum = The linden tree -- Wasserflut = Flood -- Auf dem Flusse = On the stream -- Rückblick = Backwards glance -- Irrlicht = Will-o'-the-wisp -- Rast = Rest -- Frühlingstraum = Dream of spring -- Einsamkeit = Loneliness -- Die Post = The post -- Der greise Kopf = The old man's head -- Die Krähe = The crow -- Letzte Hoffnung = Last hope -- Im Dorfe = In the village -- Der stürmische Morgen = The stormy morning -- Täuschung = Delusion -- Der Wegweiser = The signpost -- Das Wirtshaus = The inn -- Mut = Courage -- Die Nebensonnen = The mock suns -- Die Leiermann = The hurdy-gurdy man -- Aftermath.

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9780307961631 (hardcover)

030796163X (hardcover)

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