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Schumann : the faces and the masks
- Title
- Schumann : the faces and the masks / Judith Chernaik.
- Author
- Chernaik, Judith
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Traces the life and music of the major composer and key figure of Romanticism, who has been the subject of major controversy since his early death in a mental asylum.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
- LCCN in CIP is 2017061535.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and indexes.
- Contents
- Childhood and youth: 1810-1930 -- Leipzig book of life: Leipzig, 1831-1832 -- Reversals, renewals: Leipzig, 1833-1834 -- An even more important year: Leipzig, 1835 -- Wieck on the warpath: Leipzig, 1836 -- Love confirmed: Leipzig, May 1837-September 1837 -- New worlds: Leipzig, October 1837-October 1838 -- Toward the future: October 1838-May 1839 -- Final court battle: Leipzig, June 1839-August 1840 -- "With her forever": Leipzig, September 1840-1842 -- In conflict, in harmony: Leipzig, 1842-1844 -- Collapse and recovery: Dresden, December 1844-1847 -- Returning health, high ambitions: Dresden, 1848-August 1850 -- Music director in the Rhineland: Düsseldorf, September 1850-September 1853 -- Final crisis: Düsseldorf, October 1853-February 1854 -- The mind stripped bare: Endenich, 4 March 1854-29 July 1856 -- Afterword: Medical diagnosis of Schumann's illness.
- Call Number
- JME 18-454
- ISBN
- 9780451494467
- 0451494466
- LCCN
- 2017060796
- OCLC
- 1017579101
- Author
- Chernaik, Judith, author.
- Title
- Schumann : the faces and the masks / Judith Chernaik.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and indexes.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Chernaik, Judith. Schumann. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018 9780451494474 (DLC) 2017061535
- Research Call Number
- JME 18-454