Robert Schumann: The Life and Work of a Romantic Composer

Robert Schumann: The Life and Work of a Romantic Composer
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Robert Schumann (1810â€“56) is one of the most important and representative composers of the Romantic era. Born in Zwickau, Germany, Schumann began piano instruction at age seven and immediately developed a passion for music. When a permanent injury to his hand prevented him from pursuing a career as a touring concert pianist, he turned his energies and talents to composing, writing hundreds of works for piano and voice, as well as four symphonies and an opera. Here acclaimed biographer Martin Geck tells the fascinating story of this multifaceted genius, set in the context of the political and social revolutions of his time.
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The image of Schumann the man and the artist that emerges in Geckâ€™s book is complex. Geck shows Schumann to be not only a major composer and music criticâ€”he cofounded and wrote articles for the controversial Neue Zeitschrift fÃ¼r MusikÂÂâ€”but also a political activist, the father of eight children, and an addict of mind-altering drugs. Through hard work and determination bordering on the obsessive, Schumann was able to control his demons and channel the tensions that seethed within him into music that mixes the popular and esoteric, resulting in compositions that require the creative engagement of reader and listener.
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The more we know about a composer, the more we hear his personality in his music, even if it is above all on the strength of his work that we love and admire him. Martin Geckâ€™s book on Schumann is not just another rehashing of Schumannâ€™s life and works, but an intelligent, personal interpretation of the composer as a musical, literary, and cultural personality.

Country	USA
Brand	University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer	University of Chicago Press
Binding	Hardcover
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Robert Schumann: The Life and Work of a Romantic Composer

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