Robert Schumann had a difficult start as a composer. Denied any
significant musical upbringing, he took a long time through
indirect routes to establish himself as a major composer.
Persistent illness also dogged his work. His final catastrophic
mental collapse has combined with the autobiographical and
secretive aspects of his music to cast for posterity a veil of
ominous mystery over his entire life. Yet this is only one view.
Schumann battled his personal demons and was acutely self-aware and
organized. He transformed himself from a brilliant youthful
fantasist in small forms into a composer of extended works in every
genre. This book provides a new focus on Schumann as a practical
working musician interacting with the professional world to develop
his creative gifts to the full, and examines the central role of
Clara Wieck Schumann in helping to bring this about.
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