Showing posts with label Franz Schubert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Franz Schubert. Show all posts
Oct 11, 2017

The Financial Circumstances of Franz Schubert's Parents: New Documents

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In response to a 2004 article by Maynard Solomon about Franz Schubert's family, my recent article "The Financial Circumstances of F...
Mar 14, 2015

Goethe's Reaction to Schubert's Dedication

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The fact that Johann Wolfgang von Goethe neither replied to the package of Schubert Lieder that Joseph von Spaun sent him on 17 April 1816,...
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Nov 16, 2014

"The Young Franz Schubert": An Ineradicable Misidentification

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In June 2014, Sony Music Japan released the following recording of music by Franz Schubert: The source for the picture on the cover of...
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Jul 2, 2014

Franz Schubert's Entry in the Viennese Death Records

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In a recent blogpost I dealt with the fate of Beethoven's third will and the thievish activities of the Viennese amateur researcher Rob...
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Dec 22, 2013

The Wienbibliothek Responds

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The Wienbibliothek has responded to my query as to why the prayer books of Schubert's sister Maria Theresia Schneider and her daughter ...
Dec 3, 2013

The Wienbibliothek Buys its Own Property

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The eminent Viennese music collector and scholar Ignaz Weinmann (1897–1976) left his collection and musical estate to the (then) Wiener Stad...
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Aug 29, 2013

The Continuing Mutilation of Schubert's "Der Leiermann"

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In November 1999, Naxos released a recording of Schubert's " Winterreise " D. 911, performed by baritone Roman Trekel and p...
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