Format:
xiv, 349 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln
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Illustrationen, Portraits, Faksimiles
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780451494467
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0451494466
Series Statement:
A Borzoi book
Content:
Schumann: The Faces and the Masks draws us into the milieu of the Romantic movement, which enraptured poets, musicians, painters, and their audiences in the early nineteenth century and beyond, even to the present day. It reveals how Schumann (1810-1856) embodied all the contrasting themes of Romanticism--he was intensely original and imaginative but also worshipped the past; he believed in political, personal, and artistic freedom but insisted on the need for artistic form based on the masters: Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. It details his deep involvement with other composers of his time, such as Chopin and Mendelssohn, Liszt and Brahms, as well as the literary lights of the age--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, E.T.A. Hoffmann--whose works gave inspiration to his compositions and words to his songs.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780451494474
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780451494474
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Schumann, Robert 1810-1856
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Biografie
Author information:
Chernaik, Judith 1934-
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