Neue Schubert-Ausgabe

The New Schubert Edition ( Original title:. Franz Schubert New Edition of the Complete Works ) is a scientific and critical edition of the works of the composer Franz Schubert ( 1797-1828 ). It is published by the International Schubert Society eV; the music volumes appear in the Barenreiter -Verlag, Critical Commentaries published by the International Schubert Society (Tübingen). This edition takes account of the current source position and the latest research results and thus provides a sound basis for the science and musical practice. The New Schubert Edition strives process of the specific character of the schubert between business understanding, to meet, which often finds its expression in equal standing side by side versions and in numerous variants.

History and Funding

Until the 1950s, the preliminary to a New Schubert Edition date back before they took concrete shape: So the history of the New Schubert Edition begins on 19 November 1963 Franz Schubert's 135th anniversary of his death, with the founding of the International Schubert society eV by Walter Gerstenberg and Otto Erich German. The sole task of the company is to allow the publication of the complete works of Franz Schubert, including fragments and designs. The company has to install an edition line, for the premises at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Tübingen were provided. At the same time a job in Vienna was established, which is located at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

The New Schubert Edition was initially funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, which granted initial funding for five years and the project still remained connected until 1979. From the Austrian side, participated in the financing of start to the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, 1967, added the city of Vienna, and in the Schubert 1978 also joined the Austrian Academy of Sciences ( Vienna) in the circle of grants and subsidies a. In 1979, the New Schubert Edition in the Academy program of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences, represented by the Academy of Sciences and Literature (Mainz), was added. She has since been funded by the Federal Republic of Germany, the State of Baden -Württemberg, the Republic of Austria, the city of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Content and scope

The New Schubert Edition will include in its final 83 volumes in eight series:

  • I church music (9 volumes)
  • II Stage Works ( 18 volumes )
  • III other vocal music (4 volumes)
  • IV Songs ( 14 volumes )
  • V orchestral works (7 volumes)
  • VI chamber music (9 volumes)
  • VII Piano Music (12 Volumes )
  • Supplement VIII (10 volumes)

Each music volume contains the works of a detailed preface and facsimile reproductions from that used source material as instructive supplement to the edition. At the end of each volume is the section "Sources and readings ." Detailed manuscript descriptions and additional Directories and corrections are recorded in separate critical reports, which are published by the International Schubert Society.

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