Gibbs, Christopher Howard.

The life of Schubert / Christopher H. Gibbs. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xiii, 211p. : ill., fascims., ports. ; 23 cm. - Musical lives .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gibbs considers how and what Schubert composed, taking a look at this figure, particularly the unfolding of his career, his relationship to Beethoven, the growth of his reputation and image and the side of drinking, depression and sexual ambiguity.

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Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828.


Composers--Biography.--Austria

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