{"product_id":"schubert-the-music-and-the-man-9780520219571","title":"Schubert: The Music and the Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf all the great composers  none  not even Mozart  has been so dogged by myth and misunderstanding as Schubert. Since the 1920s  when the musical Blossom Time hit the stage  the notion of Schubert as a pudgy  love-lorn Bohemian schwammerl (mushroom) scribbling gemlich tunes on the back of menus in idle moments has never been quite eradicated. But in this major new biography (the first comprehensive work on Schubert in over fifty years) Brian Newbould lays to rest the stereotype of the composer plucking melodies out of the air  relying on instinct more than well-honed craft. Instead he paints a vivid and compelling portrait of a man who was compulsively dedicated to his art  a composer so prolific that he produced roughly one thousand works in an eighteen year period.  Gifted with an intuitive know-how  coupled with a Mozartian facility for composition  Schubert combined the relish and wonder of an amateur with the discipline and technical rigor of a professional. He moved quickly and comfortably among genres  and sometimes composed directly into score; but many pieces required painstaking revision before they satisfied his growing self-criticism. Examining afresh the enigmas surrounding Schuberts religious outlook  his loves  his sexuality  his illness and death  Newbould offers above all a celebration of a unique genius  an idiosyncratic composer of an astonishing body of powerful  enduring music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651819823157,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520219570","price":62.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520219571.jpg?v=1781841047","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/schubert-the-music-and-the-man-9780520219571","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}