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Author:

Geck, Martin.

Title:

Robert Schumann : the life and work of a romantic composer / Martin Geck ; translated by Stewart Spencer.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiii, 304 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject:

Schumann, Robert,--1810-1856.
Composers--Germany--Biography.

Other Titles:

Robert Schumann. English

Notes:

Originally published as Robert Schumann: Mensch und Musiker der Romantik, 2010 by Siedler Verlag. Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and indexes.

Contents:

Endenich (1854-56). Intermezzo IX. An awkward age -- Student years (1828-34) -- Intermezo II. Figments of the imagination -- The Neue Zeitschrift für Musik -- The early piano pieces -- Intermezzo III. "No, what I hear are blows" -- Probationary years in Leipzig (1835-40) -- The "year of song" (1840) -- Intermezzo IV. Twilight -- Married life in Leipzig-- visit to Russia (1840-44) -- Intermezzo V. The magic of allusions -- Schumann as a public figure in the years before the March Revolution of 1848 -- Intermezzo VI. In modo d'una marcia -- The Dresden years (1845-50) -- Intermezzo VII. Genoveva is not Lohengrin -- Director of Music in Düsseldorf (1850-54) -- Intermezzo VIII. The road to freedom -- The late works -- Intermezzo IX. "A sugary Saxon"? -- Endenich (1854-56).

ISBN:

0226284697 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226284699 (cloth : alkaline paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)779607180

LCCN:

2012007981

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)