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

Bostridge, Ian, author.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Added to CLICnet on 11/24/2015

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.
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.

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Requested by Koehler, B.

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