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Robert Schumann: Herald of a ´New Poetic Age´
The Late John Daverio
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Description for Robert Schumann: Herald of a ´New Poetic Age´
Hardback. This work focuses on the work of the romantic composer Robert Schumann. Num Pages: 624 pages, frontispiece, halftones, music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Forced by a hand injury to abandon a career as a pianist, Robert Schumann went on to become one of the world's great composers. Among many works, his Spring Symphony (1841), Piano Concerto in A Minor (1841/1845), and the Third, or Rhenish, Symphony (1850) exemplify his infusion of classical forms with intense, personal emotion. His musical influence continues today and has inspired many other famous composers in the century since his death. Indeed Brahms, in a letter of January 1873, wrote: `The remembrance of Schumann is sacred to me. I will always take this noble pure artist as my model'. ... Read more
Forced by a hand injury to abandon a career as a pianist, Robert Schumann went on to become one of the world's great composers. Among many works, his Spring Symphony (1841), Piano Concerto in A Minor (1841/1845), and the Third, or Rhenish, Symphony (1850) exemplify his infusion of classical forms with intense, personal emotion. His musical influence continues today and has inspired many other famous composers in the century since his death. Indeed Brahms, in a letter of January 1873, wrote: `The remembrance of Schumann is sacred to me. I will always take this noble pure artist as my model'. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
618
Condition
New
Number of Pages
618
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195091809
SKU
V9780195091809
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About The Late John Daverio
John Daverio was Associate Professor and Chairman of the Musicology Department at the Boston University School for the Arts. He was the author of Nineteenth-Century Music and the German Romantic Ideology, and has published on the music of Schumann, Brahms, and Wagner in a number of professional journals.
Reviews for Robert Schumann: Herald of a ´New Poetic Age´
does it significantly further our understanding of Schumann as man and, particularly, as musician? The answer is a resounding 'Yes' ... he assesses every work on its own terms, thus helping us to appreciate the amazing breadth of Schumann's inspiration ... this is an inspired book which should gladden the hearts and minds of Schumann lovers. One can only hope ... Read more