ISBN: 9780451494467 - Schumann: The Faces and the Masks (31 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer's life and work.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.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer's life and work.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.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. 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.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. 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.…

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 2018. Alfred Knopf. 8vo. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine DJ. As new.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. GROUNDBREAKING: RIGOROUSLY RESEARCHED: ELOQUENT: EYE-OPENING: NEW Stated First Edition hardcover (Orig. September 2018) First Printing: NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp new edges & corners showing orig. $30.00 price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, NEW cover w/ royal-lavender library-durable fabric wrapping spine & extending 1.36" onto front & back panels handsomely covered in lemon rag paper w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & w/ titles & design elements handsomely gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top & bottom edges & cut-page-style "deckle" side-edging, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & gold silk bands at spine-caps, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in Schneidler typeface on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.50" x 9.50" x 1.50", 0.80 kg, xiv+352 (366) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this GROUNDBREAKING biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer's life & work. W/ the RIGOROUS RESEARCH of a scholar & the ELOQUENT prose of a novelist, Judith Chernaik takes us into Schumann's 19th-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 w/ literary ideas. He was passionately original but worshiped the past: Bach & Beethoven, Shakespeare & Byron. He believed in artistic freedom but struggled with constraints of form. His courtship & 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 w/ fellow composers Mendelssohn & Chopin, & 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 & transcendent, Schumann shows how this extraordinary artist turned his tumultuous life into music that speaks directly (& timelessly) to the heart. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: JUDITH CHERNAIK was born & grew up in Brooklyn. She graduated from Cornell University & received a Ph.D. from Yale University. She has taught at Columbia, Tufts, & Queen Mary College in London. Her books include "The Lyrics of Shelley" & 4 novels. She has also written a play, & most recently has published essays on Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Mendelssohn, & Chopin in the British academic journal The Musical Times. She & her husband, Warren Chernaik, have been living in London for the last 40 years, where she founded Poems on the Underground, which under various names, has since spread all over the world. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. A nice, bright copy. ; Color Plates; 9.5 X 6.8 X 1.7 inches; 349 pages.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. First Edition. 349pp., index, color illustrations. 8vo. Remainder dot lower edge of textblock, else fine bright unread hardcover, fine d/j.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. New York, Knopf, 2018. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A clean tight unread copy. Small red remainder dot on lower edge. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($30.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Jacket is clean + strong+complete. Printer has allowed markings from the printers copy thus fake finger markings etc. printed Slight roll to binding. Clean strong boards. Clean unmarked text. Carefully used copy. 349 Pages. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. 349p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a fine dustjacket. Bottom edge of front cover is scuffed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact. A biography of the composer Robert Schumann, illustrated with a section of plates.…