Schubert -- The Gate to Classical Music Series

Author: Xu Jianmei (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 1998-11-01
Features: The "Gates of Classical Music" series selects renowned composers from the history of Western music as subjects, with each volume dedicated to one composer. It documents their life stories, achievements, and appraises their representative musical works, while also introducing some rare CD editions for music enthusiasts to reference when collecting. We strive to provide readers with exquisite and practical reading materials, sincerely hoping that this series can truly help friends open the door to classical music and step into the colorful world of music. This book documents Schubert's life stories, achievements, appraises his representative musical works, and introduces some rare CD editions for music enthusiasts to reference. Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer. In his brief career of just over a decade, he composed a vast number of musical works in various genres. His music resembles a babbling brook flowing out of the mountains, romantic yet sorrowful, rich yet simple, vibrant in color, and deeply emotional. Particularly in the field of songwriting, Schubert's achievements were outstanding. His songs were entirely determined by poetic imagery in melody, and the melody further developed the poetry, creatively giving new life to the accompaniment parts of the songs. Therefore, he was hailed as the "King of Song."