The Schubert Song Cycles: With Thoughts On Performance
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few partnerships in classical music have proven as enduring and as emotionally devastating as Franz Schubert's great song cycles, and in The Schubert Song Cycles: With Thoughts on Performance, legendary accompanist Gerald Moore presents an authoritative and deeply personal guide to these monumental works. Drawing on a lifetime spent at the piano beside the world's greatest singers, Moore illuminates the dramatic arc of Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, and Schwanengesang, unpacking their poetic texts, harmonic language, and the profound human tragedy woven into each note. Moore writes with the rare authority of a practitioner who has lived inside this music, and his prose carries both scholarly rigour and the warmth of an artist who genuinely loves his subject. The work argues compellingly for a deeply collaborative approach to performance, casting the accompanist not as a mere supporter but as an equal dramatic voice in the telling of Schubert's great narratives of longing, loss, and resignation. For singers, pianists, students, and devoted listeners alike, this volume stands as an indispensable companion — one that leaves the reader wondering whether they have ever truly heard these masterpieces before.
Author: Gerald Moore
Format: Hardback
Genre: Music
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Few partnerships in classical music have proven as enduring and as emotionally devastating as Franz Schubert's great song cycles, and in The Schubert Song Cycles: With Thoughts on Performance, legendary accompanist Gerald Moore presents an authoritative and deeply personal guide to these monumental works. Drawing on a lifetime spent at the piano beside the world's greatest singers, Moore illuminates the dramatic arc of Die schöne Müllerin, Winterreise, and Schwanengesang, unpacking their poetic texts, harmonic language, and the profound human tragedy woven into each note. Moore writes with the rare authority of a practitioner who has lived inside this music, and his prose carries both scholarly rigour and the warmth of an artist who genuinely loves his subject. The work argues compellingly for a deeply collaborative approach to performance, casting the accompanist not as a mere supporter but as an equal dramatic voice in the telling of Schubert's great narratives of longing, loss, and resignation. For singers, pianists, students, and devoted listeners alike, this volume stands as an indispensable companion — one that leaves the reader wondering whether they have ever truly heard these masterpieces before.