Schubert and Musical Memory

What is it about?

qualities of memory, reminiscence and nostalgia seem to constitute some of the most characteristic attributes of Schubert's music. Yet the means by which music may suggest the actions of memory are often unclear and under-theorized in scholarship. This article examines how such nostalgic subjectivities are constructed in Schubert's music and the language used to describe it, seeking to question more deeply how the notion of musical memory can be analytically and philosophically supported.

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