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Schubert : a musical wayfarer / Lorraine Byrne Bodley.

by Bodley, Lorraine Byrne, 1968-

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Yale University Press, 2023.

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.

Composers -- Austria -- Biography.

Composers -- Biography.

9780300204087 (hc.)

xxxvi, 693 p. : col. ill., music ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A revelatory biography of the great composer, exploring Schubert's complex and fascinating private life alongside his musical genius. Brilliant, short-lived, incredibly prolific -- Schubert is one of the most intriguing figures in music history. While his music attracts a wide audience, much of his private life remains shrouded in mystery, and significant portions of his work have been overlooked. In this major new biography, Lorraine Byrne Bodley takes a detailed look into Schubert's life, from his early years at the Stadtkonvikt to the harrowing battle with syphilis that led to his death at the age of thirty-one. Drawing on extensive archival research in Vienna and the Czech Republic, and reconsidering the meaning of some of his best-known works, Bodley provides a fuller account than ever before of Schubert's extraordinary achievement and incredible courage. This is a compelling new portrait of one of the most beloved composers of the nineteenth century."--Dust jacket.

Lorraine Byrne Bodley is professor of musicology at Maynooth University. Internationally renowned as a Schubert and Goethe scholar, her previous books include Schubert’s Late Music, Rethinking Schubert, Goethe and Zelter, and Schubert’s Goethe Settings.

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