Sunday Feature: The Spirit of Schubert - Claiming SchubertSeries 1, episode 0John Tusa explores the many and varied ways in which Schubert has been used and reinvented after his death, in politics, art and literature. Who has claimed Schubert - and why? And what are the different things that he has come to represent since his death in 1837? He has in the past been adopted by the Romantics, in a feminine context, and also by some political leaders, who linked him to fascism. John also hears how novelist George Eliot and painter Gustav Klimt refashioned Schubert and brought a different view of him to a wider public Click to see when Sunday Feature, The Spirit of Schubert - Claiming Schubert is coming up on UK TV |
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