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Robert Schumann : herald of a "new poetic age" /

"Long regarded as a quintessentially romantic figure, Schumann also has been portrayed as a profoundly tragic one: a composer who began his career as a genius and ended it as a mere talent. Daverio takes issue with this Schumann myth, arguing instead that the composer's entire creative lif...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Daverio, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Schumann today
  • The formation of a musico-literary sensibility
  • Music as literature
  • Music criticism in a new key
  • Musical love letters in the higher and smaller forms
  • Fierce battles and blissful songs
  • The symphonic year : 1841
  • The chamber music year : 1842
  • The oratorio year : 1843
  • Schumann's new way
  • The musical dramatist
  • Unbounded creativity
  • The final phase
  • Epilogue: A place to recall Schumann and his music
  • Appendix: Translation of Jean Paul, Flegeljahre, Chapter 63 : "Titanium, Black Tourmaline masked, Ball."