Schubert's Fingerprints: Studies in the Instrumental Works

338 Pages·2011·4.335 MB·English

by  Susan Wollenberg

Schubert’S FingerprintS:
StudieS in the inStrumental WorkS
In Memory of Derrick Puffett
(1946–1996)
Schubert’s Fingerprints:
Studies in the instrumental Works
SuSan Wollenberg
University of Oxford, UK
© Susan Wollenberg 2011
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Wollenberg, Susan.
Schubert’s fingerprints: studies in the instrumental works.
1. Schubert, Franz, 1797–1828. instrumental music.
2. instrumental music – analysis, appreciation.
780.9’2-dc22
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Wollenberg, Susan.
Schubert’s fingerprints : studies in the instrumental works / Susan Wollenberg.
p. cm.
includes bibliographical references and index.
iSbn 978-1-4094-2122-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) – iSbn 978-1-4094-3401-6 (ebook)
1. Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. instrumental music. 2. instrumental music-19th century–
history and criticism. i. title.
ml410.S3W64 2011
784.092–dc22
2011010442
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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Music Examples ix
Acknowledgements xv
List of Abbreviations xvii
Note on the Format of Music Examples and Figures xix
1 Introduction 1
2 ‘His Favourite Device’: Schubert’s Major–Minor Usage
and its Nuances 15
3 Poetic Transitions 47
4 Schubert’s Second Themes 99
5 Schubert and Mozart 133
6 Schubert’s Violent Nature 161
7 Threefold Constructions 191
8 Schubert’s Variations 213
9 ‘Heavenly Length’ 245
10 Concluding Remarks: ‘Whose Schubert?’ 287
Select Bibliography 297
Chronology of Schubert’s Instrumental Works Discussed 309
Index of Schubert’s Works 311
General Index 313
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List of Figures
2.1 D 887 and D 956, first movements, Themes I and II: key-schemes 33
2.2 D 940, outline of key scheme 43
2.3 D 887, slow movement, tonal plan of episodic form 44
3.1 D 703, harmonic palindrome 56
3.2 D 887, first movement, scheme of variations, Theme II 60
7.1 D 894, second movement (Andante), outline of form 198
7.2 D 960, first movement, Theme I: threefold designs 210
8.1 D 887, first movement, scheme of variations on Theme I 237
8.2 D 887, second movement, outline scheme 242
9.1 D 958, finale, outline of form 260
9.2 D 958, finale, outline of rondo theme 262
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List of Music Examples
2.1 Schubert, ‘Lebenslied’, D 508, bars 13–24 17
2.2 ‘Lachen und Weinen’, D 777, verse 1, bars 9–35 18
2.3 D 664, slow movement, bars 60–75 20
2.4 D 911/22, D 887-iv 21
(a) ‘Mut’, D 911/22, bars 5–18 21
(b) D 887, finale, bars 1–12 22
2.5 D 940 23
(a) Bars 1–8 23
(b) Bars 37–45 23
2.6 D 894, first movement 25
(a) Bars 1–5 25
(b) Bars 65–9 25
2.7 D 795/10, D 887-ii and iii 26
(a) ‘Tränenregen’, D 795/10, bars 28–36 26
(b) D 887, slow movement, bars 219–28 and scherzo, bars 1–4 27
2.8 D 960, first movement 29
(a) Bars 43–9 29
(b) Bars 68–75 30
2.9 D 960, first movement 31
(a) Bars 1–9 31
(b) Bars 18–27 32
2.10 D 887, D 956, first movements 34
(a) D 887, first movement, bars 1–16 34
(b) D 956, first movement, bars 1–10 35
(c) D 887, first movement, bars 278–82 36
(d) D 887, first movement, bars 437–44 37
2.11 D 703, bars 46–63 39
2.12 D 810, first movement, bars 326–41 41
2.13 D 956, slow movement, bars 91–4, harmonic outline 42
2.14 D 894, first movement 45
(a) Bars 65–77 45
(b) Bars 65–72, reconstruction of hypothetical sequence 46
(c) Bars 65–76, outline of actual progression 46
3.1 D 173, first movement, bars 1–57 48
3.2 D 173, first movement, hypothetical progressions 51
(a) Bars 31–3 51