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OverviewExamines the history of musical self-quotation, and reveals and explores a previously unidentified case of Schubert quoting one of his own songs in a major instrumental work. Enthusiasts and experts have long relished Schubert's quotations of his own music. This study centers on a previously unidentified pairing: ""Ave Maria,"" one of his most beloved songs, and the Piano Trio no. 2, a masterpiece that holds a unique position in his career. Messing's Self-Quotation in Schubert interrogates the concept of self-quotation from the standpoints of terminology and authorial intent, and it demonstrates, for the first time, how Schubert's practice of self-quotation relates to prevailing practices in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Messing goes on to analyze in detail the musical relationships between the two works and to investigate thecircumstances that led Schubert to compose each of them. ""Ave Maria"" is one of the few Schubert songs for which we have documentation of some early private performances, and the trio stood at the heart of Schubert's only public concert devoted to his works. Messing establishes that Schubert sought to convey an associative meaning with this self-quotation, trusting in his contemporaries' familiarity with the original melody and with Walter Scott's poem, a text that carried profound resonances in Catholic Vienna. Scrutinizing this evidence yields the symbolic purpose behind Schubert's allusion to ""Ave Maria"" in the piano trio: honoring the recently deceased Beethoven andvalidating Schubert as his legatee. SCOTT MESSING is Charles A. Dana Professor of Music Emeritus at Alma College. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Professor Scott Messing (Author)Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: University of Rochester Press Volume: v. 165 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781580469654ISBN 10: 1580469655 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 01 May 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction Commencements and Contexts On the Reception of Schubert's Self-Quotations Two Scores and Their Musical Relationships Parents and Children: On the Background to ""Ave Maria"" From ""Ave Maria"" to Trio ""Dedicated to nobody, save those who find pleasure in it."" Contexts and Conclusions"ReviewsThis book offers a much-needed study of Schubert and his practices of self-quotation, a type of musical allusion that has yet to receive a book-length study of any kind, either one devoted to the music of a single composer or to the phenomenon as a whole. Messing's focus is obviously Schubert, but he has much to say about the practice in general, and his analysis will surely influence all subsequent discussions. Christopher Reynolds, professor of music at University of California, Davis Author InformationScott Messing is Charles A. Dana Professor of Music at Alma College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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