The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann View By Clara Schumann
| Title | : | The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann |
| Author | : | Clara Schumann |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 453 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0820424463 |
The third volume of The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann contains letters written by Robert Schumann 1810 1856 and Clara Wieck Schumann 1819 1896 between January 1840 and March 1851 The letters preceding the couple s wedding in September 1840 document the last phase of Robert s lawsuit against Friedrich Wieck aimed at obtaining permission to marry The third volume of The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann contains letters written by Robert Schumann 1810 1856 and Clara Wieck Schumann 1819 1896 between January 1840 and March 1851 The letters preceding the couple s wedding in September 1840 document the last phase of Robert s lawsuit against Friedrich Wieck aimed at obtaining permission to marry They also include comments on Robert s fondness for lieder and his close friendship with Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt The letters written when Clara went on tour without her husband, for instance to Copenhangen in 1842, revolve around news about her concerts and her reactions to such famous men as Hans Christian Andersen and Niels Gade The better part of the letters was written by Clara, while Robert is so occupied with his work that his letters are frequently quite brief The letters in this volume offer a fresh look at a marriage which earlier biographers have described as problematic Such a view is not borne out by the correspondence in this volume The Editor Eva Weissweiler received her Ph.D in music and German literature in 1974 Her publications include Women Composers over the Past Five Centuries Komponistinnen aus 500 Jahren , 1981 Fanny Mendelssohn Italian Diary Fanny Mendelssohn Italienisches Tagebuch , 1982 Fanny Mendelssohn A Portrait in Letters Fanny Mendelssohn Ein Portrat in Briefen , 1985 Clara Schumann A Biography, 1990 The Son of the Cellist Der Sohn des Cellisten 1998 and Eradicated Ausgemerzt , 1999 Dr Weissweiler is the editor of the original German edition of The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann Clara Robert Schumann Briefwechsel, KritischeGesamtausgabe , 1984 and 1987, volumes I and II respectively She lives and works in Cologne, Germany The Translators Hildegard Fritsch is Emeritus Professor of Modern and Classical Language Studies at Kent State University, Ohio She received her Ph.D in German from Case Western Reserve University, Ohio Her publications include a book and articles on twentieth century German literature Ronald L Crawford is Associate Professor of German at Kent State University, Ohio He received his Ph.D in German from Rutgers University, New Jersey, and has published a variety of literary and pedagogical studies Fritsch and Crawford translated volume I and II of the Schumann correspondence
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Clara Schumann n e Clara Josephine Wieck was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era She exerted her influence over a 61 year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital and the tastes of the listening public Her husband was the composer Robert Schumann She and her husband encouraged Johannes Brahms, and Clara Schumann n e Clara Josephine Wieck was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era She exerted her influence over a 61 year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital and the tastes of the listening public Her husband was the composer Robert Schumann She and her husband encouraged Johannes Brahms, and she was the first pianist to give public performances of some of Brahms works, notably the Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel 
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The third volume of The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann contains letters written by Robert Schumann 1810 1856 and Clara Wieck Sch
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