Whether or not you know schuberts winter journey, the book is gripping because it explains, in probing, simple words, how doomed love is. Bostridges conclusion of schuberts winter journey is surprisingly diffuse, given his deep affinity for the work. The romance of obsession in schuberts winter journey. Schuberts winter journey ebook by dr ian bostridge, cbe rakuten kobo. This session will be presented in conjunction with the music library association southeast chapter annual meeting, hosted this year by duke university libraries. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Anatomy of an obsession, ian bostridge one of the works finest interpreters focusses on the context, resonance and personal significance of the work. In a new book, bostridge explores schuberts winterreise.
Omnivorous and digressive, it captures the enduring mystery of this seminal work in the lieder tradition. Drawing on his vast experience of performing winterreise, on his musical knowledge and on his training as a scholar, ian bostridge unpicks. The english tenor and writer ian bostridge is happily and articulately fixed on a musical mountaintop. After you read this book, it might become one of yours, too. However, it is the winter journey itself that most interests bostridge, and he dives into the text, explores how the words and music relate, looks for analogues in the composers life, and discusses his own performances and performances by others that helped shape his view of the piece. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading schuberts winter journey. Anatomy of an obsession, the idea of endless repetition. He only uses five pages to impart his final message, that its a misguided notion.
Tenor ian bostridge examines schuberts enigmatic masterpiece winterreise, or winter journey. An exploration of the worlds most famous and challenging. Read mary ellen millers book an illustrated dictionary of the gods and symbols of ancient mexico and the maya. Ian bostridge will perform winterreise and sign copies of his book at the library of congress at 2 p. Schuberts winter journey by ian bostridge hardcover.
The philadelphia inquirer bostridges curiosity enriches the book and the music. Schuberts winter journey by ian bostridge should not be. But bostridges training is clearly evident in schuberts winter journey. Schuberts winter journey ebook by dr ian bostridge, cbe. He is a wellknown tenorwriter, and franz schubert s winterreise, or winter journey composed 18271828 is among his favorite works. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read schuberts winter journey.
Bostridge sings winterreise with thomas ades on piano at the barbican ec2, on 12 january. A new book promises to deepen the understanding of the legions of winterreise devotees, while offering encouragement to interested music. Tenor ian bostridge examines schuberts enigmatic masterpiece winterreise, or winters journey. The sense of the cycle as a musical and emotional journey is hardly suggested. Anatomy of an obsession knopf, his erudite yet approachable book on winterreise, perhaps the greatest. In 2003 he was made an honorary doctor of music by the university of st andrews and in 2010 he was made an honorary fellow of st johns college oxford. Book of the week, ian bostridge schuberts winter journey bbc. Matthew guerrieri, the boston globe schuberts winter journey is an unusual and compelling book. Anatomy of an obsession ebook written by ian bostridge. An exploration of the worlds most famous and challenging song cycle schuberts winter journey winterreise by a leading interpreter of the work, who teases out the themesliterary, historical, psychologicalthat weave through the twentyfour songs that make up this legendary masterpiece. A winter journey with ian bostridge open source with. Whether or not you know schuberts winter journey, the book is gripping because it explains, in probing, simple words, how doomed love is transformed into art.
Anatomy of an obsession, ian bostridge proves to be one of the most impressive writers among musical performers, as erudite and vivid as he is entertaining. A few pages later, however, and before we have time to kick the nearest cat and throw the lettuce and tomatoes in the waste bin, he tells us that his friend, composer hans werner henze,is. Schuberts winter journey allows ian bostridge to obsess. Anatomy of an obsession, ian bostridge one of the works finest interpreters focusses on the context, resonance and personal significance of a work which is possibly the greatest landmark in the history of lieder. Ian bostridge book talk the celebrated english tenor ian bostridge will talk about his most recent book, schuberts winter journey.
Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Anatomy of an obsession, ian bostridge one of the works finest interpreters focuses on the context, resonance and personal significance of a work which is possibly the greatest landmark in the history of lieder. Anatomy of an obsession by ian bostridge is published by faber at. Anatomy of an obsession, ian bostridge, an english tenor, takes readers through in 1828, franz schubert, one of viennas most celebrated composers, wrote a cycle of songs called winterreise, or winter journey, the lyrics of. Schuberts winter journey by ian bostridge waterstones. Schuberts winterreise is at the same time one of the most powerful and one of the most enigmatic masterpieces in western culture. For 30 years he has been singing franz schuberts deathbed songcycle winterreise, the winter journey of a desperate traveler toward madness and death. Drawing equally on his vast experience of performing this work he has performed it more than a hundred times, on his musical knowledge and on his training as a scholar, bostridge unpicks the enigmas and subtle meaning of each of the. Think of these 24 songs as the first and alltime concept album, written in 1827 by another. Schuberts winter journey by ian bostridge overdrive. Ian bostridge discusses his new book schuberts winter. Ian bostridges schuberts winter journey examines the. Anatomy of an obsession, ian bostridge one of the works finest interpreters focusses on the context, resonance and personal significance of a work which is possibly the greatest landmark in the history.
Ian bostridge was a fellow in history at corpus christi college, oxford 19925 and in 2001 was elected an honorary fellow of that college. Franz schuberts winterreise is at the same time one of the most powerful and one of the most enigmatic masterpieces in western culture. Anatomy of an obsession, bostridge explores each song in the cycle chapter by chapter, unlocking the. The first and greatest of concept albums is what the excellent english tenor ian bostridge calls schuberts song cycle winterreise in his 2015 book, schuberts winter journey.
Harvard book store, longy school of music, and boston lyric opera welcome awardwinning opera and lieder singer ian bostridge and dean of the conservatory at longy wayman chin for a discussion of bostridges book schuberts winter journey. Read schuberts winter journey anatomy of an obsession by dr ian bostridge, cbe available from rakuten kobo. That is what we have in schuberts winter journey by ian bostridge. After reading it, we may listen differently to this supreme work of art, one. He is a wellknown tenorwriter, and franz schuberts winterreise, or winter journey composed 18271828 is among his favorite works. Ian charles bostridge cbe born 25 december 1964 is an english tenor, well known for his performances as an opera and lieder singer. Anatomy of an obsession was published by faber and faber in the uk and by knopf in the us in january 2015. Ian bostridge is the author of schuberts winter journey 4. Anatomy of an obsession an exploration of the worlds most famous and challenging song cycle, schuberts winter journey winterreise, by a leading. The tenor ian bostridge, a leading interpreter of winterreise, has written a cross between an idiosyncratic guide to the song cycle and a freewheeling meditation on it, schuberts winter. It will be published in german, finnish, dutch, korean, japanese, italian, swedish, polish, mandarin, simplified chinese, french, russian and spanish editions. Tenor ian bostridge has a new book out, schuberts winter journey. Caspar david friedrichs winter landscape with church ruins is used by the singer ian bostridge in his book on.
In a sense, though, it was inevitable that bostridge would return to winterreise in different company, as many of his predecessors have done fischerdieskau, for instance, recorded the work with nearly a dozen pianists. Bostridges curiosity enriches the book and the music. International praise for schuberts winter journey enthralling. Anatomy of an obsession, ian bostridge one of the works finest interpreters focusses on the. Schuberts winter journey by ian bostridge, 9780571282814, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Anatomy of an obsession, ian bostridge, an english tenor, takes readers through in 1828, franz schubert, one of viennas most celebrated composers, wrote a cycle of songs called winterreise, or winter journey, the lyrics of which are taken from a poem written by wilhelm muller.
Schuberts winter journey, ian bostridge shop online for. He tells us that hitler was a vegetarian and an animal lover. In 1828, franz schubert gathered his circle of friends to perform winterreise winter journey, his latest song cycle, for them. Anatomy of an obsession kindle edition by bostridge, ian.
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