Schubert Studies

This collection of articles clarifies problems of style and chronology in the music Schubert composed during the last decade of his life.

List of illustrations, Preface; 1. Schubert's songs and their poetry: reflections on poetic aspects of song composition Walther Dürr; 2. Schubert's 'Auf dem Strom' Rufus Hallmark; 3. Schubert and Sulzer revisited: a recapitulation of the events leading to Schubert's setting in Hebrew of Psalm XCII, D 953 Elaine Brody; 4. Schubert revises Schubert Marius Flothuis; 5. Schubert as a composer of operas Elizabeth Norman McKay; 6. Schubert and the melodrama Peter Branscombe; 7. Schubert's 'Der Tod und das Mädchen': analytical and explanatory notes on the song D 531 and the quartet D 810 Christoph Wolff; 8. In what respect a quintet? On the disposition of instruments in the String Quintet D 956 Peter Gülke; 9. Possibilities and limitations of stylistic criticism in the dating of Schubert's 'Great' C major Symphony Paul Badura-Skoda; 10. Paper studies and the future of Schubert research Robert Winter; 11. The chronology of Schubert's piano trios Eva Badura-Skoda; 12. The chronology of Schubert's fragments and sketches Reinhard van Hoorickx; 13. Rhythm in Schubert: some practical problems. Critical analysis, critical edition, critical performance Arnold Feil; 14. 'Father Leopold Puschl of Seitenstetten' and 'Schubert's sojourn at Zseliz': the late Ignaz Weinmann's last contributions to Schubert research Alexander Weinmann; Index.