The Unfinished Piano Sonatas of Franz Schubert Javier ... - Ethesis

Acknowledgements
Any book represents the fruit of collaboration between one’s own work and the
thoughts, ideas, support and help of many other people. It would certainly be
impossible for me to name all of those whose hard work, dedicated passion and
altruistic generosity have helped me to write this document and to whom I am
profoundly indebted. My apologies in advance. However, there are some people who
deserve a special mention in connection with this text and to whom I wish to express
my deep gratitude:
To Dr. Glenda D. Goss, Dr. Annikka Konttori-Gustafsson and Simon Boswell,
for their invaluable help during the process of writing this text.
To Ilmo Ranta, my teacher for many years, not only for the countless and
wonderful hours of sharing music together, but also for providing me with both a
musical and an artistic reference point.
To Graham Johnson, whose immense work in the field of Lied has, for me,
represented a source of knowledge and inspiration over the years.
To Dr. Max Deen Larsen, founder and director of the Franz-Schubert-Institut
in Austria, for his insights into Romantic literature and poetry, and for his commitment
to spreading Schubert’s message.
To my family and my friends, without whose support and love this text and my
entire Schubert project would never have happened.
To the publishing houses of Breitkopf & Härtel and Bärenreiter, for their
generous permission to use their scores for the musical examples of this text.
And finally, to Finland and its people, who over the years have helped me to
make many of my dreams come true.
Javier Arrebola
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