Schumanns Virtuosity
Alexander Stefaniak
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Description for Schumanns Virtuosity
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 b&w illus., 31 music exx. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AVC; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253021991
SKU
V9780253021991
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About Alexander Stefaniak
Alexander Stefaniak is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Washington University in Saint Louis.
Reviews for Schumanns Virtuosity
This is a fascinating look into the more abstract aspects of 19th-century musical attitudes and how it has fueled long standing conversations on the value of poetic interiority over overt technical virtuosity.
American Music Teacher
Among the most distinguished results of Stefaniak's study is to have reminded us of...the challenges of scholarly engagement with complex, often contradictory manifestations ... Read more
American Music Teacher
Among the most distinguished results of Stefaniak's study is to have reminded us of...the challenges of scholarly engagement with complex, often contradictory manifestations ... Read more