Author:
Chernaik, Judith, author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
Imprint2018
Descriptionxiv, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Note:"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Note: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: Dčusseldorf, September 1850-September 1853 -- Final crisis: Dčusseldorf, October 1853-February 1854 -- The mind stripped bare: Endenich, 4 March 1854-29 July 1856 -- Afterword: Medical diagnosis of Schumann's illness.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327) and index.
Note: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.
