Synopses & Reviews
This three-volume boxed set is the definitive work on Franz Schubertandrsquo;s vocal music with piano.and#160; A richly illustrated encyclopedia, these substantial volumes contain more than seven hundred song commentaries with parallel text and translations (by Richard Wigmore), detailed annotations on the songsandrsquo; poetic sources, and biographies of one hundred and twenty poets, as well as general articles on accompaniment, tonality, transcriptions, singers, and more. Written by Graham Johnsonandmdash;celebrated accompanist, author, and the first pianist ever to record all of Schubertandrsquo;s songs and part-songsandmdash;this sumptuous work is a must for performers, scholars, and all lovers of Schubert lieder.
Review
andldquo;Indispensible . . . very, very hard to put down.andrdquo;andmdash;Matthew Gurewitsch, The Wall Street Journal
Review
andldquo;The three-volume set is, by a wide margin, the definitive work on Schubertandrsquo;s vocal music with piano. It is also easy to navigate, entertaining, and readable, at one stroke the indispensable reference for singers, pianists, musicologists, lovers of music in general, and fans of Schubert in particular.andrdquo;andmdash;Rodney Punt, Classical Voice North America
Review
andldquo;Known for his lengthy and scholarly booklet notes for the Schubert edition, [Graham Johnson] has now taken the material, expanded and rewritten it, and produced what will surely stand as one of the great modern monuments of practical musicology, his vast three-volume encyclopedia, handsomely published by Yale University Press.andrdquo;andmdash;Ian Bostridge, The New York Review of Books
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Shortlisted in the and#39;Creative Communicationand#39; category for the 2014 RPS Music Awards
About the Author
Graham Johnson is Senior Professor of Accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and plays for recitals around the world.