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Schumann's Piano Cycles and the Novels of Jean Paul /

Robert Schumann frequently expressed his deep admiration for the novels of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, the late-eighteenth-century German novelist, essayist, and satirist. Schumann imitated Jean Paul's prose style in his own fiction and music criticism, and said once that he learned 'more...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reiman, Erika, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Seldom satisfied, but always delighted" : Jean Paul and his novels
  • Digressive dances : Schumann's early cycles
  • Carnaval : redefining convention, transcending boundaries
  • Higher and lower forms
  • Schumann's and Jean Paul's idyllic vision.