The Cambridge Companion to Schubert's 'Winterreise'

Marjorie W. Hirsch is Professor of Music at Williams College in Massachusetts. She is the author of Schubert's Dramatic Lieder (1993) and Romantic Lieder and the Search for Lost Paradise (2007) and has more recently contributed to The Unknown Schubert (2008), Schubert's Late Music in History and Theory (2016), Drama in the Music of Franz Schubert (2019), and The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music (2019). Lisa Feurzeig is Professor of Music, Theatre and Dance at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. She is the author of Schubert's Lieder and the Philosophy of Early German Romanticism (2014) and has contributed editions, articles, and chapters on Schubert, the Viennese Volkstheater, and Viennese operetta. In 2017–18 she was Fulbright-IFK Senior Fellow in Cultural Studies in Vienna. She has co-directed and performed in cabaret-style lecture-performances emphasizing music in its historical contexts.

• Introduction: An Endless Winter Journey Marjorie W. Hirsch and Lisa Feurzeig; Part I. Schubert's Winterreise and its Musical Heritage: 1. Music and Culture in Schubert's Vienna Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl; 2. Tradition and Innovation in Schubert's Lieder Marjorie W. Hirsch; 3. Precursors to Winterreise: Songs of Winter and Wandering, the Early Song Cycle Lisa Feurzeig; Part II. Die Winterreise: Poetic Cycle: 4. Wilhelm Müller's Odyssey Kristina Muxfeldt; 5. Schubert's Treatment of Müller's Poems: Some Issues Rufus Hallmark; Part III. Cultural and Historical Contexts: 6. Two Perspectives on Psychology in Winterreise David Romand and Lisa Feurzeig; 7. Nature and Science in Winterreise Blake Howe; 8. On the Move: Outcasts, Wanderers, and the Political Landscape of die Winterreise George S. Williamson; Part IV. Winterreise: Song Cycle: 9. Identification in die Schöne Müllerin and Winterreise James William Sobaskie; 10. Text-Music Relationships Susan Wollenberg; 11. A Winter of Poetry: Connections among the Songs in Schubert's Winterreise Xavier Hascher; 12. Discontinuity in Winterreise Deborah Stein; Part V. Winterreise after 1827: 13. Performance and Reception Benjamin Binder; 14. Canonicity and Influence Laura Tunbridge.

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