MSU College of Education professor co-edits book on the music of Franz Schubert
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 亚洲色吧视频 Department of Music faculty member is co-editor of a new book about the music of Franz Schubert, considered one of the last classical and first romantic composers from the early 19th century.
MSU Associate Professor James Sobaskie, with University of Oxford music faculty member and co-editor Joe Davies, secured the participation of 11 Schubert experts from seven countries to establish a new, collective and diverse perspective on the composer鈥檚 music in 鈥淒rama in the Music of Franz Schubert.鈥
Published by Boydell and Brewer in the United Kingdom, the extensively researched publication challenges the assumption that the musical master鈥攂est known for his songs, symphonies and chamber scores鈥攍acked a comparable talent for drama. The book demonstrates previously unsuspected locations of dramatic innovation in his vocal and instrumental music.
Sobaskie鈥檚 contributions also include two chapters, 鈥淭he Dramatic Monologue in Schubert鈥檚 Mass in A flat major鈥 and 鈥淭he Dramatic Strategy Within Two of Schubert鈥檚 Serenades,鈥 as well as the book鈥檚 co-written introduction.
鈥淪chubert鈥檚 image is evolving, and we wanted to confront a longstanding misconception surrounding the Romantic Era composer鈥檚 dramatic music.聽 It turns out that Schubert invested drama within other genres besides opera, incorporating subtle narrative simulation, and we鈥檝e aimed to change how people regard and listen to him.聽 I鈥檓 already using my colleagues鈥 ideas in my teaching,鈥 Sobaskie said.
鈥淚 am grateful to my music department colleagues for their encouragement and am fortunate for the support of the College of Education. Schubert鈥檚 creativity thrived on the good will of those around him and so does mine.聽 I鈥檓 excited to see this book in print and motivated to complete my next project, a book on the music of Gabriel Faur茅.鈥
Sobaskie holds bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in music from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and a doctorate in music from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently teaches music theory, ear training, form and composition at 亚洲色吧视频. He is an editorial board member of the Nineteenth-Century Music Review, a music journal published by Cambridge University Press, and he has served as the publication鈥檚 book review editor for a decade.
鈥淒rama in the Music of Franz Schubert鈥 is available in the local authors section of Barnes and Noble at MSU and from online outlets.
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