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- The Cambridge Companion to Schubert’s Winterreise
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Schubert’s Winterreise
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Pitch
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: An Endless Winter Journey
- Part I Schubert’s Winterreise and Its Musical Heritage
- 1 Music and Culture in Schubert’s Vienna
- 2 Tradition and Innovation in Schubert’s Lieder
- 3 Precursors to Winterreise: Songs of Winter and Wandering, the Early Song Cycle
- Part II Die Winterreise: Poetic Cycle
- Part III Cultural and Historical Contexts
- Part IV Winterreise: Song Cycle
- Part V Winterreise After 1827
- Appendix
- Guide to Further Reading
- Index
1 - Music and Culture in Schubert’s Vienna
from Part I - Schubert’s Winterreise and Its Musical Heritage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to Schubert’s Winterreise
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Schubert’s Winterreise
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Pitch
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: An Endless Winter Journey
- Part I Schubert’s Winterreise and Its Musical Heritage
- 1 Music and Culture in Schubert’s Vienna
- 2 Tradition and Innovation in Schubert’s Lieder
- 3 Precursors to Winterreise: Songs of Winter and Wandering, the Early Song Cycle
- Part II Die Winterreise: Poetic Cycle
- Part III Cultural and Historical Contexts
- Part IV Winterreise: Song Cycle
- Part V Winterreise After 1827
- Appendix
- Guide to Further Reading
- Index
Summary
In Schubert’s time, musical and cultural life developed in an exciting way, shifting from the private to the public sphere. Simultaneously, a new type of musician emerged who was no longer sustained by the aristocracy or the court, but was a socially independent, freelance artist who made his living solely by giving concerts, getting commissions, and selling his published music. Franz Schubert was one of the first composers who lived such a life. He was successful in doing this and made a career in a place that is still known as the “City of Music.”
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- The Cambridge Companion to Schubert's ‘Winterreise' , pp. 11 - 23Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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