Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart's essay on the human voice and the characteristics of the musical keys, translated by Ted DuBois.
Source: New England Review (1990-), Winter - Spring, 2004, Vol. 25, No. 1/2, Translation: Double Issue (Winter - Spring, 2004), pp. 166-171
Published by: Middlebury College Publications
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40244377
This essay is taken from the concluding sections of Schubart's Ideen zu einer Asthetik der Tonkunst (Ideas Toward an Aesthetic of Music), which dates from 1784-85. The treatise was published posthumously in Vienna in 1806.
Schubart's influential essay on vocal technique and the emotional characteristics associated with different musical keys. Includes his famous descriptions of key characteristics that have influenced musical thought for centuries.