The Life of Schumann

ISBN-13: 9780521802482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 236 str.

Michael Musgrave

Opis

Musgrave presents Schumann as a practical musician vitally influencing an emerging musical world through many creative facets.

Recenzje

'Michael Musgrave's new biography is a welcome corrective to the trend, for while it presents a detailed and lively account of the life, it keeps the main musical issues in clear view.' Music and Letters

Spis treści

Preface: inherited images; 1. A favourable upbringing: Zwickau, 1810–28; 2. Undirected student: Leipzig and Heidelburg, 1828–30; 3. A career in music: Leipzig, 1830–5; 4. The Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Clara and new horizons: Leipzig, 1835–40; 5. Married life: Leipzig, 1840–4; 6. Growing ambitions: Dresden, 1844–50; 7. Triumph and decline: Düsseldorf, 1850–4; 8. The end: 1854–6; Perspective and legacy; Further reading.