Robert Schumann had a difficult start as a composer. Denied any significant musical upbringing, he took a long time through indirect routes to establish himself as a major composer. Persistent illness also dogged his work. His final catastrophic mental collapse has combined with the autobiographical and secretive aspects of his music to cast for posterity a veil of ominous mystery over his entire life. Yet this is only one view. Schumann battled his personal demons and was acutely self-aware and organized. He transformed himself from a brilliant youthful fantasist in small forms into a composer of extended works in every genre. This book provides a new focus on Schumann as a practical working musician interacting with the professional world to develop his creative gifts to the full, and examines the central role of Clara Wieck Schumann in helping to bring this about.
| ISBN: | 9781107532250 |
| Publication date: | 2nd July 2015 |
| Author: | Michael University of London Musgrave |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | Musical Lives |
| Genres: |
Biography: arts and entertainment Composers and songwriters Art music, orchestral and formal music |
Robert Schumann had a difficult start as a composer. Denied any significant musical upbringing, he took a long time through indirect routes to establish himself as a major composer. Persistent illness also dogged his work. His final catastrophic mental collapse has combined with the autobiographical and secretive aspects of his music to cast for posterity a veil of ominous mystery over his entire life. Yet this is only one view. Schumann battled his personal demons and was acutely self-aware and organized. He transformed himself from a brilliant youthful fantasist in small forms into a composer of extended works in every genre. This book provides a new focus on Schumann as a practical working musician interacting with the professional world to develop his creative gifts to the full, and examines the central role of Clara Wieck Schumann in helping to bring this about.
The Life of Schumann features in the following genres: Biography: arts and entertainment, Composers and songwriters, Art music, orchestral and formal music
The Life of Schumann is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Life of Schumann was written by Michael University of London Musgrave and published by Cambridge University Press
The Life of Schumann has 236 pages
Yes it is part of Musical Lives series
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