SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Additional reading Otto E. Deutsch, Franz Schubert: Die Dokumente seines Lebens und Schaffens, 2 vol. (191314; Schubert: A Documentary Biography, rev. ed. 1977; U.S. title, The Schubert Reader, 1947), and Schubert: Thematic Catalogue of All His Works in Chronological Order (1951, reprinted 1970), the universal source of the D. numbers for Schubert's works, particularly useful in identifying works with similar titles; Maurice J.E. Brown, Franz Schubert, in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 16, pp. 752811 (1980), an authoritative source with extensive bibliography, Schubert: A Critical Biography (1958, reprinted 1977), a standard life, with a study of Schubert as an artist, and Essays on Schubert (1966, reprinted 1978), essays on manuscripts and editions, with a study of the sources for a complete edition of the sonatas; Alfred Einstein, Schubert (1951, reprinted 1981), a lively appreciation by a scholar who was not primarily a Schubert specialist; Richard Capell, Schubert's Songs, 3rd ed. (1973), a beautifully written and penetrating study of the songs; Heinrich Kreissle von Hellborn, Franz Schubert: Eine biografische Skizze (1861; Franz Schubert, 1865, reprinted 1978), the first biography of the composer, by now unreliable factually but still invaluable as giving a picture of the attitude of the mid-19th century to Schubert; Arthur Hutchings, Schubert, rev. ed. (1978), a popular introduction; Sir Donard F. Tovey, Franz Schubert, 17971828, in Hubert J. Foss (ed.), Heritage of Music, vol. 1 (1927), an important essay that marks the start of the 20th century's realization of Schubert's greatness.