Schumann's virtuosity : criticism, composition, and performance in nineteenth-century Germany /
Considered one of the greatest composers'and music critics'of the Romantic era, Robert Schumann (1810'1856) played an important role in shaping nineteenth-century German ideas about virtuosity. Forging his career in the decades that saw abundant public fascination with the feats and c...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2016]
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| Summary: | Considered one of the greatest composers'and music critics'of the Romantic era, Robert Schumann (1810'1856) played an important role in shaping nineteenth-century German ideas about virtuosity. Forging his career in the decades that saw abundant public fascination with the feats and creations of virtuosos (Liszt, Paganini, and Chopin among others), Schumann engaged with instrumental virtuosity through not only his compositions and performances but also his music reviews and writings about his contemporaries. Ultimately, the discourse of virtuosity influenced the culture of Western "art music" well beyond the nineteenth century and into the present day. By examining previously unexplored archival sources, Alexander Stefaniak looks at the diverse approaches to virtuosity Schumann developed over the course of his career, revealing several distinct currents in nineteenth-century German virtuosity and the enduring flexibility of virtuosity discourse. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 296 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253022097 0253022096 |