num_pages: 256
description:     Winterreise is perhaps the greatest song cycle ever written. Franz Schubert set to music the evocative poetry of his contemporary, German lyricist Wilhelm Müller. 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 Müller with new interpretations by present-day musicians, scholars, and a photographer. The volume includes:    o the complete German text of Wilhelm Müller’s twenty-four poems    o a new English translation of the poems by Louise McClelland Urban    o a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning American composer John Harbison    o an introductory essay by renowned Schubert scholar Susan Youens    o ninety-two stunning black and white photographs of a winter’s journey by Katrin Talbot    o a compact-disc recording of the Winterreise song cycle performed by baritone Paul Rowe and pianist Martha Fischer.
language: English
title: Winterreise: A Winter Journey in Poetry, Image, and Song
titlecomplete: Winterreise: A Winter Journey in Poetry, Image, and Song
genres: Music
ratings_count: 2
publisher: University of Wisconsin Press