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A groundbreaking account of Robert Schumann, a major composer and key figure of Romanticism, whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy since his early death in an asylum for the mentally ill. Schumann: The Faces and the Masks draws us into the milieu of the Romantic movement, which enraptured poets, musicians, painters, and their audiences in the early nineteenth century and beyond, even to the present day. It reveals how Schumann (1810-1856) embodied all the contrasting themes of Romanticism--he was intensely original and imaginative but also worshipped the past; he believed in political, personal, and artistic freedom but insisted on the need for artistic form based on the masters: Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. It details his deep involvement with other composers of his time, such as Chopin and Mendelssohn, Liszt and Brahms, as well as the literary lights of the age--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, E.T.A. Hoffmann--whose works gave inspiration to his compositions and words to his songs. Drawing on hitherto unpublished archive material, as well more established sources of journals, letters, and publications, Judith Chernaik provides enthralling new insight into Schumann's life and his music: his sexual escapades, his fathering of an illegitimate child, the facts behind his courtship of Clara Wieck--already a noted young concert pianist--his passionate marriage to her despite the opposition of her manipulative father, his passionate marriage, and the ways his many crises fed into the dreams and fantasies of his greatest works, turning his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly to the heart. "A groundbreaking account of Robert Schumann, a major composer and key figure of Romanticism, whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy since his early death in a mental asylum. Schumann : The Faces and the Masks draws us into the milieu of the Romantic movement, which enraptured poets, musicians, painters, and their audiences in the early nineteenth century and beyond, even to the present day. It reveals how Schumann (1810-1856) embodied all the contrasting themes of Romanticism'he was intensely original and imaginative but also worshipped the past ; he believed in political, personal, and artistic freedom but insisted on the need for artistic form based on the masters : Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. It details his deep involvement with other composers of his time, such as Chopin and Mendelssohn, Liszt and Brahms, as well as the literary lights of the age'Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, E.T.A. Hoffmann'whose works gave inspiration to his compositions and words to his songs. Drawing on hitherto unpublished archive material, as well more established sources of journals, letters, and publications, Judith Chernaik provides enthralling new insight into Schumann's life and his music : his sexual escapades, his fathering of an illegitimate child, the facts behind his courtship of Clara Wieck'already a noted young concert pianist'his passionate marriage to her despite the opposition of her manipulative father, his passionate marriage, and the ways his many crises fed into the dreams and fantasies of his greatest works, turning his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly to the heart."--Résumé du site web de l'éditeur "[This book] is a groundbreaking account of a major composer whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy ever since his early death in a mental asylum. Schumann was a key figure in the Romantic movement that swept through Europe and America in the nineteenth century, reaching even to the farthest comers of the world, enrapturing poets, musicians, painters, and their audiences. All the contradictions of his age enter Schumann's works. He was original but worshipped the past: Bach, Beethoven, and Schubert, Shakespeare and Byron, Raphael and Michelangelo. He believed in political, personal, and artistic freedom but struggled with constraints of form. He turned his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly to the heart. Drawing on hitherto unpublished archival material, Judith Chernaik sheds new light on Schumann's life, his sexual escapades, his fathering of an illegitimate child, the truth behind the courtship of his wife, Clara, and her father's monstrous opposition, and the ways in which the crises of Schumann's life entered his music. His troubled relations with his fellow Romantic composers Mendelssohn and Chopin are freshly explored, and the full medical diary kept at Endenich asylum, long withheld, enables Chernaik to look again at the mystery of Schumann's final illness. Using her wide experience as a scholar of Romanticism and as a novelist, Chernaik vividly brings Schumann's world and his extraordinary musical achievement to life in all their rich complexity."--Dust jacket "Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer's life and work. With the rigorous research of a scholar and the eloquent prose of a novelist, Judith Chernaik takes us into Schumann's nineteenth-century Romantic milieu, where he wore many 'masks' that gave voice to each corner of his soul. The son of a book publisher, he infused his pieces with literary ideas. He was passionately original but worshipped the past: Bach and Beethoven, Shakespeare and Byron. He believed in artistic freedom but struggled with constraints of form. His courtship and marriage to the brilliant pianist Clara Wieck--against her father's wishes--is one of the great musical love stories of all time. Chernaik freshly explores his troubled relations with fellow composers Mendelssohn and Chopin, and the full medical diary--long withheld--from the Endenich asylum where he spent his final years enables her to look anew at the mystery of his early death. By turns tragic and transcendent, Schumann shows how this extraordinary artist turned his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly--and timelessly--to the heart."--Publisher description Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer's life and work. With the rigorous research of a scholar and the eloquent prose of a novelist, Judith Chernaik takes us into Schumanns nineteenth-century Romantic milieu, where he wore many "masks" that gave voice to each corner of his soul. The son of a book publisher, he infused his pieces with literary ideas. He was passionately original but worshipped the past: Bach and Beethoven, Shakespeare and Byron. He believed in artistic freedom but struggled with constraints of form. His courtship and marriage to the brilliant pianist Clara Wieck--against her father's wishes--is one of the great musical love stories of all time. Chernaik freshly explores his troubled relations with fellow composers Mendelssohn and Chopin, and the full medical diary--long withheld--from the Endenich asylum where he spent his final years enables her to look anew at the mystery of his early death. By turns tragic and transcendent, Schumann shows how this extraordinary artist turned his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly--and timelessly--to the heart [Publisher description] 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. 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: D�usseldorf, September 1850-september 1853 -- Final Crisis: D�usseldorf, October 1853-february 1854 -- The Mind Stripped Bare: Endenich, 4 March 1854-29 July 1856 -- Afterword: Medical Diagnosis Of Schumann's Illness. Judith Chernaik. This Is A Borzoi Book Published By Alfred A. Knopf. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 311-327) And Index. Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer's life and work. Judith Chernaik takes us into Schumann's nineteenth-century Romantic milieu, where he wore many "masks" that gave voice to each corner of his soul. The son of a book publisher, he infused his pieces with literary ideas. He was passionately original but worshipped the past: Bach and Beethoven, Shakespeare and Byron. He believed in artistic freedom but struggled with constraints of form. His courtship and marriage to the brilliant pianist Clara Wieck -- against her father's wishes -- is one of the great musical love stories of all time. Chernaik freshly explores his troubled relations with fellow composers Mendelssohn and Chopin, and the full medical diary -- long withheld -- from the Endenich asylum where he spent his final years enables her to look anew at the mystery of his early death. By turns tragic and transcendent, Schumann shows how this extraordinary artist turned his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly -- and timelessly -- to the heart **A groundbreaking account of Robert Schumann, a major composer and key figure of Romanticism, whose life and works have been the subject of intense controversy since his early death in an asylum for the mentally ill.**__Schumann: The Faces and the Masks__Drawing on hitherto unpublished archive material, as well more established sources of journals, letters, and publications, Judith Chernaik provides enthralling new insight into Schumann's life and his music: his sexual escapades, his fathering of an illegitimate child, the facts behind his courtship of Clara Wieck--already a noted young concert pianist--his passionate marriage to her despite the opposition of her manipulative father, his passionate marriage, and the ways his many crises fed into the dreams and fantasies of his greatest works, turning his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly to the heart. 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: Düsseldorf, September 1850-September 1853 -- Final crisis: Düsseldorf, October 1853-February 1854 -- The mind stripped bare: Endenich, 4 March 1854-29 July 1856 -- Afterword: Medical diagnosis of Schumann's illness. "Drawing on hitherto unpublished archive material, as well more established sources of journals, letters, and publications, Judith Chernaik provides enthralling new insight into Schumann's life and his music: his sexual escapades, his fathering of an illegitimate child, the facts behind his courtship of Clara Wieck--already a noted young concert pianist--his passionate marriage to her despite the opposition of her manipulative father, his passionate marriage, and the ways his many crises fed into the dreams and fantasies of his greatest works, turning his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly to the heart." -- Publisher's description