Schubert: His Life and Times

More than a biography, Franz Schubert is brought to life through his own letters and recollections of friends, as well as through facsimile reproductions of his manuscripts and early published editions. Includes commentary on Schubert's close friendship with Vogl, his admiration for Beethoven, and his identification with the fashionable Italianism of composers like Rossini. The author traces the development of Schubert's music and early 19th century music-making in Vienna, and examines the kinds of pianos for which Schubert wrote so extensively.