Schubert's Winterreise: A Winter Journey in Poetry Image and Song

About this book

Winterreise is perhaps the greatest song cycle ever written. Franz Schubert set to music the evocative poetry of his contemporary German lyricist Wilhelm Mller. It is a heart-rending portrayal of a winter journey full of misery and woe. This striking and unique multimedia volume brings together the achievements of Schubert and Mller with new interpretations by present-day musicians scholars and a photographer. The volume includes: o the complete German text of Wilhelm Mllers twenty-four poems o a new English translation of the poems by Louise McClelland Urban o a foreword by Pulitzer Prizewinning American composer John Harbison o an introductory essay by renowned Schubert scholar Susan Youens o ninety-two stunning black and white photographs of a winters journey by Katrin Talbot o a compact-disc recording of the Winterreise song cycle performed by baritone Paul Rowe and pianist Martha Fischer.