Clara Schumann : the artist and the woman / Nancy B. Reich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reich, Nancy B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896.

Schumann, Clara.

Pianists--Germany--Biography.

Pianists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This absorbing and award-winning biography tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896), a musician of remarkable achievements. At once artist, composer, editor, teacher, wife, and mother of eight children, she was an important force in the musical world of her time. To show how Schumann surmounted the obstacles facing female artists in the nineteenth century, Nancy B. Reich has drawn on previously unexplored primary sources: unpublished diaries, letters, and family papers, as well as concert programs. Going beyond the familiar legends of the Schumann literature, she applies the tools of musicological scholarship and the insights of psychology to provide a new, full-scale portrait.The book is divided into two parts. In Part One, Reich follows Clara Schumann's life from her early years as a child prodigy through her marriage to Robert Schumann and into the forty years after his death, when she established and maintained an extraordinary European career while supporting and supervising a household and seven children. Part Two covers four major themes in Schumann's life: her relationship with Johannes Brahms and other friends and contemporaries; her creative work; her life on the concert stage; and her success as a teacher.Throughout, excerpts from diaries and letters in Reich's own translations clear up misconceptions about her life and achievements and her partnership with Robert Schumann. Highlighting aspects of Clara Schumann's personality and character that have been neglected by earlier biographers, this candid and eminently readable account adds appreciably to our understanding of a fascinating artist and woman.For this revised edition, Reich has added several photographs and updated the text to include recent discoveries. She has also prepared a Catalogue of Works that includes all of Clara Schumann's known published and unpublished compositions and works she edited, as well as descriptions of the autographs, the first editions, the modern editions, and recent literature on each piece. The Catalogue also notes Schumann's performances of her own music and provides pertinent "ations from letters, diaries, and contemporary reviews.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface to the Revised Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition

Acknowledgments to the First Edition

Chronology

Abbreviations and Sources

Part I. The Life of Clara Schumann

1. Prelude: The Wiecks of Leipzig

2. Clara's Career Begins

3. Robert Schumann and the Wiecks

4. The Break with Wieck

5. The Marriage

6. The Dresden Years

7. Düsseldorf and the Death of Robert Schumann

8. The Later Years

Part II. Themes from the Life of Clara Schumann

9. Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms

10. Other Friends and Contemporaries

11. Clara Schumann as Composer and Editor

12. The Concert Artist

13. Clara Schumann as Student and Teacher

Catalogue of Works

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

"Catalogue of Works": p. 289-337.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-373) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780801468292

0801468299

9781336208087

1336208082

9780801468308

0801468302

OCLC:

856430972