Essays On Schubert

by Maurice J.E. Brown

The three section of the book The Music, The Composer, and Manuscripts and Editions. It contains 14 full-page illustrations in black and white, many showing Schubert's hand-written compositions. The frontispiece is a drawing of Schubert playing a duet while a roomful of people in early-19th-century dress listen.

315 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Maurice John Edwin Brown (3 August 1906 – 27 August 1975) was a British musicologist and a noted authority on Franz Schubert.

Brown's book Schubert: A Critical Biography (1958) became the standard work on the composer for many years, establishing him as an international authority.