This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... of his highest consideration and gratitude. To that end he began the noblest work of his life, -- the Symphony in C, also known as the Ninth Symphony. It is in five movements, counting the andante introduction as one movement. Schubert began the work in March, 1828, -- at least, such is the date upon ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... of his highest consideration and gratitude. To that end he began the noblest work of his life, -- the Symphony in C, also known as the Ninth Symphony. It is in five movements, counting the andante introduction as one movement. Schubert began the work in March, 1828, -- at least, such is the date upon the original manuscript, -- nearly six years after the completion of his last work of a similar nature. Strange though it may seem, the Symphony in C remained hidden, not only from sight, but from knowledge, until ten years after the composer's death. In 1838 Robert Schumann, while on a visit to Vienna, discovered the work among a pile of old papers, in the house of Ferdinand Schubert, the composer's elder brother. Schumann, from his enthusiastic veneration for Franz Schubert, was induced to call upon Ferdinand, in the hopes of finding some buried treasure. His success he has narrated himself, in the following words: -- "He [Ferdinand] told me and exhibited to me many things in connection with his brother, which, by permission, I subsequently made known to the public. Then he showed me a collection of Franz's compositions, which he preserved as treasures. Upon beholding the huge pile of manuscripts, I was more than amazed: where to begin first I was at a loss. He let me examine, among other things, several symphony scores, many of which have never yet been performed; others had been laid aside as being fraught with too many musical difficulties." Schumann was particularly interested in the Symphony in C, and arranged with Ferdinand to have it sent to Leipzig, either to the directors of the Gewandhaus Concerts, or to the conductor himself. On March 22, 1839, it was performed at the Gewandhaus Concert, under the direction of Felix...
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