9780451494467 - Schumann: the Faces and the Masks by Chernaik, Judith (14 results)

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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unblemished archival paper * 6.50" x 9.50" x 1.50", 0.80 kg, xiv+352 (366) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this GROUNDBREAKING biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composer's life & work.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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Condition: New. Judith Chernaik was born and grew up in Brooklyn. She graduated from Cornell University and received a Ph.D. from Yale University. She has taught at Columbia, Tufts, and Queen Mary College in London. Her books include The Lyrics of Shelley and.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composers 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 Wieckagainst her fathers wishesis 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 diarylong withheldfrom 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 directlyand timelesslyto the heart. An "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."-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composers 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 Wieckagainst her fathers wishesis 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 diarylong withheldfrom 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 directlyand timelesslyto the heart. An "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."-- Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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