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Schumann

Eric Frederick Jensen

(Master musicians series)

Oxford University Press, c2012

[2nd ed.]

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Bibliography: p. 350-354

Includes index

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Robert Schumann is one of the most intriguing-and enigmatic-composers of the nineteenth century. Extraordinarily gifted in both music and literature, many of his compositions were inspired by poetry and novels. For much of his life he was better known as a music critic than as a composer. But whether writing as critic or composer, what he produced was created by him as a reflection of his often turbulent life. Best known was the tempestuous courtship of his future wife, the pianist Clara Wieck. Though marriage and family life seemed to provide a sense of constancy, he increasingly experienced periods of depression and instability. Mounting criticism of his performance as music director at Dusseldorf led to his attempted suicide in 1854. Schumann was voluntarily committed to an insane asylum near Bonn where, despite indications of improvement and dissatisfaction with his treatment, he spent the final two years of his life. Based on original research and newly published letters and journals from the time, author Eric Frederick Jensen presents a balanced portrait of the composer with both scholarly authority and engaging clarity. Biographical chapters alternate with discussion of Schumann's piano, chamber, choral, symphonic, and operatic works, demonstrating how the circumstances of his life helped shape the music he wrote. Chronicling the romance of Robert and Clara, Jensen offers a nuanced look at the evolution of their relationship, one that changed dramatically after marriage. He also follows Schumann's creative musical criticism, which championed the burgeoning careers of Chopin, Liszt, and Brahms and challenged the musical tastes of Europe.

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Contents Preface List of Abbreviations 1 Childhood and Youth 2 University Years 3 Schumann and Literature 4 Commitment to Music 5 Schumann's Compositions Prior to 1834 6 The League of David 7 Courtship and Marriage 8 The Piano Compositions, 1834-39 9 Married Life in Leipzig 10 The Compositions, 1840-44 11 The Years in Dresden 12 Schumann's Dramatic Works 13 The Years in Dusseldorf 14 The Compositions, 1845-54 15 Endenich Epilogue "The Poet Speaks": Schumann and Childhood Appendices: Calendar List of Works Personalia Select Bibliography Index

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