The Cambridge Companion to Schubert

Contents

• Notes on the contributors
• Chronology
• Note to the reader
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: the elusive Schubert Christopher H. Gibbs
• Part I . Contexts: Musical, Political, and Cultural:
• 1. Realism transformed: Franz Schubert and Vienna Leon Botstein
• 2. 'Poor Schubert': images and legends of the composer Christopher H. Gibbs
• 3. 'The passion for friendship': music, cultivation, and identity in Schubert's circle David Gramit
• 4. Schubert's inflections of Classical forms Charles Rosen
• 5. Schubert and his poets: issues and conundrums Susan Youens
• Part II . Schubert's Music: Style and Genre:
• 6. Schubert's songs: the transformation of a genre Kristina Muxfeldt
• 7. Schubert's social music: the 'forgotten genres' Margaret Notley
• 8. Schubert's piano music: probing the human condition William Kinderman
• 9. Schubert's chamber music: before and after Beethoven Martin Chusid
• 10. Schubert's orchestral music: 'strivings after the highest in art' L. Michael Griffel
• 11. Schubert's religious and choral music: toward a statement of faith Glenn Stanley
• 12. Schubert's operas: 'the judgement of history?' Thomas A. Denny
• Part III . Reception:
• 13. German reception: Schubert's 'journey to immortality' Christopher H. Gibbs
• 14. Schubert's reception history in nineteenth-century England John Reed
• 15. Schubert's reception in France: a chronology (1828-1928) Xavier Hascher
• 16. Franz Schubert's music in performance: a brief history of people, events, and issues David Montgomery
• Notes
• Index.