Schubert: A Musical Wayfarer by Lorraine Byrne Bodley

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/705768 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Schubert: A Musical Wayfarer Author: Lorraine Byrne Bodley Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 20 hours 45 minutes Release date: December 26, 2023 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: An insightful biography of the great composer, revealing Schubert's complex and fascinating private life alongside his musical genius Brilliant, short-lived, incredibly prolific—Schubert is one of the most intriguing figures in music history. While his music attracts a wide audience, much of his private life remains shrouded in mystery, and significant portions of his work have been overlooked. In this major new biography, Lorraine Byrne Bodley takes a detailed look into Schubert's life, from his early years at the Stadtkonvikt to the harrowing battle with syphilis that led to his death at the age of thirty-one. Drawing on extensive archival research in Vienna and the Czech Republic, and reconsidering the meaning of some of his best-known works, Bodley provides a fuller account than ever before of Schubert's extraordinary achievement and incredible courage. This is a compelling new portrait of one of the most beloved composers of the nineteenth century.