Schubert's String Quartets: the Teleology of Lyric Form.
The article focuses on a recent monograph that reexamines Franz Schubert’s instrumental music, particularly his string quartets, through the concept of "lyric form" and its distinct teleology. It critiques the longstanding tendency in music scholarship to evaluate Schubert’s sonata forms against Bee...
| Publicado en: | Music Analysis Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 352 - 369 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2026
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