John Daverio: 2 books
Crossing Paths
Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2002
In Crossing Paths, John Daverio explores the connections between art and life in the works of three giants of musical romanticism. Drawing on contemporary critical theory and a wide variety of nineteenth-century sources, he considers topics including Schubert and Schumann's uncanny ability to evoke...
Robert Schumann
Herald of a "New Poetic Age"
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 1997
Forced by a hand injury to abandon a career as a pianist, Robert Schumann went on to become one of the world's great composers. Among many works, his Spring Symphony (1841), Piano Concerto in A Minor (1841/1845), and the Third, or Rhenish, Symphony (1850) exemplify his infusion of classical forms...