Women’s Agency in Schubert’s Vienna
It is one of the fundamental questions of cultural history and one of the still remaining desiderata of research to ask about the scope for action of women in history. This also applies to the period of Schubert’s life, which was characterized by the already strongly gendered term "Biedermeier". The milieu of Schubert’s creative environment was strongly influenced by women such as the Fröhlich sisters, Irene Kiesewetter, Fanny von Arnstein, Caroline Pichler, and several others. While some of...
Open access