He studied in detail Robert Schumann, the great composer, who was known to endure bouts of manic depression that drove him to attempt suicide. Indeed, Schumann wrote a great deal of music during his manic intervals. But quantity is one thing and quality is another. Weisberg found that ...
And some women—those few who had exceptional talent, and the opportunity to develop it—their lives were dramatically affected.Uh, later we’ll be listening to works by a composer named Robert Schumann, but let's now talk about his wife, Clara Schumann. ...
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SCHUMANN, Robert (1810 –1856) was a German composer and music critic. His works are highly Romantic in style and remain popular today. PROKOFIEV, Sergei Sergeyevich (1891–1953) was a major Russian composer and pianist who is best known today for his piano concertos. Other musicians mentioned...
There are many examples of these musical mottos (Schumann called them “Sphynxes”) — Dmitry Shostakovich had DSCH, Joachim encoded the name of his beloved (Gisela — G#EA) in many of his compositions. “Die Tonkunst” — the musical art — is full of such arcana: the Mannerists (it...
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Who is the composer of Nocturne? The form originated with theIrish composer John Field, who published the first set of nocturnes in 1814, and reached its zenith in the 19 examples of Frédéric Chopin. In Germany the nocturne, or Nachtstück, attracted composers from Robert Schumann to Paul ...
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Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner as Music Critics Next Search book Search the content of this book Chapters in this book Frontmatter 1 Contents 7 Introduction. Women’s Modes, Legacies and Futures in Music 9 Uneven Terrains of Struggle: Towards the Transformative Notion of Female Music...