| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf." |
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LCCN in CIP is 2017061535. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Childhood and youth: 1810-1930 -- Leipzig book of life: Leipzig, 1831-1832 -- Reversals, renewals: Leipzig, 1833-1834 -- An even more important year: Leipzig, 1835 -- Wieck on the warpath: Leipzig, 1836 -- Love confirmed: Leipzig, May 1837-September 1837 -- New worlds: Leipzig, October 1837-October 1838 -- Toward the future: October 1838-May 1839 -- Final court battle: Leipzig, June 1839-August 1840 -- "With her forever": Leipzig, September 1840-1842 -- In conflict, in harmony: Leipzig, 1842-1844 -- Collapse and recovery: Dresden, December 1844-1847 -- Returning health, high ambitions: Dresden, 1848-August 1850 -- Music director in the Rhineland: Düsseldorf, September 1850-September 1853 -- Final crisis: Düsseldorf, October 1853-February 1854 -- The mind stripped bare: Endenich, 4 March 1854-29 July 1856 -- Afterword: Medical diagnosis of Schumann's illness. |
| Summary |
Traces the life and music of the major composer and key figure of Romanticism, who has been the subject of major controversy since his early death in a mental asylum. |
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"Drawing on hitherto unpublished archive material, as well more established sources of journals, letters, and publications, Judith Chernaik provides enthralling new insight into Schumann's life and his music: his sexual escapades, his fathering of an illegitimate child, the facts behind his courtship of Clara Wieck--already a noted young concert pianist--his passionate marriage to her despite the opposition of her manipulative father, his passionate marriage, and the ways his many crises fed into the dreams and fantasies of his greatest works, turning his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly to the heart." -- Publisher's description |
| Subject |
Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856.
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Composers -- Germany -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Music.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
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Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. (OCoLC)fst00000105
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Composers. (OCoLC)fst00871620
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Chernaik, Judith. Schumann. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018 9780451494474 (DLC) 2017061535 |
| ISBN |
9780451494467 (hardcover) |
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0451494466 (hardcover) |
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9780451494474 (ebook) |
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