FRANZ SCHUBERT-SCHWANENGESANG-FACSIMILE-NEW-YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) -SCHWANENGESANG (SWAN SONG) D. 957 Facsimile of autograph score and sketches and Reprint of the First Edition. Edited by Martin Chusid. (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Ms. Cary 63)
"2000, Oblong (36" x 29"), xxiv's +98.1828 autograph fair copy (actually comprised of two separate manuscripts) together with reproductions of sketches for "Liebesbotschaft, "Fruhlingssehnsucht," & "Die Taubenpost", and the first edition of Tobias Haslinger, issued in 1829. Buckram bound.
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Franz Schubert's last 14 songs, collected as a cycle entitled Schwanengesang, include some of his greatest and most popular lieder-among them, "Der Atlas," "Standchen," "Die Stadt," and "Doppelganger." This valuable volume-source materials relating to Schwanengesang. The book features a facsimile of the composer's autograph score (now held by the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York). Schubert's extant sketches for 3 songs, and a reproduction of the rare and authoritative first edition issued in Vienna in 1829 by Schubert's publisher, within 6 months of the composer's death. Martin Chusid's enlightening introduction provides the history and physical description of each of the sources along with information about Schwanengesang's first publisher, Tobias Haslinger. For music scholars and music lovers, this book offers important insights into Schubert's creative process and the manifold beauties of the works he completed near the end of his life.