Schumann on music : a selection from the writings / Robert Schumann ; translated, edited, and annotated by Henry Pleasants.
| Author/creator | Schumann, Robert |
| Other author | Pleasants, Henry translator, editor, writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Dover Publications, 1988, ©1965. |
| Description | 205 pages : portrait ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Gesammelte Schriften über Musik und Musiker. Selections. English |
| Contents | Introduction -- Preface -- An Opus 2 (1831) -- Henri Vieuxtemps and Louis Lacombe (1834) -- Theodor Stein (1834) -- J.N. Hummel: Etudes, Opus 125 (1834) -- New Year's Editorial (1835) -- Florestan's Shrovetide Oration (1835) -- Ferdinand Hiller: Etudes, Opus 15 (1835) -- Joseph Christoph Kessler -- From the Davidsbundler Archives. Sonata in C minor by Handley ; Two Sonatas by Carl Loewe ; Grand Sonata by Wilhelm Taubert ; Grand Sonata by Ludwig Schunke -- Louis Spohr's "Weihe der Tone" (1835) -- Christian Gottlieb Miiller: Symphony No. 3 (1835) -- Some New Piano Sonatas (1835). Carl Loewe's "Spring" Sonata ; "Spring" Sonata by Count von Pocei ; Sonata by Franz Lachner -- "Fury over the Lost Penny" [Rage over a lost penny] (1835) -- Characteristics of the Keys (1835) -- Letters from a (Music- ) Lover (1835) -- Berlioz' Sinfonie Fantastique (1835) -- Piano Sonatas by Mendelssohn and Schubert (1835) -- A Monument to Beethoven (1836) -- The Prize Symphony (1836) -- Theodor Döhler: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1836) -- John Field: Piano Concerto No. 7 (1836) -- Ignaz Moscheles: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 and 6 (1836) -- Henri Herz: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1836) -- Chopin's Piano Concertos (1836) -- William Sterndale Bennett (1837) -- The Museum (1837). Adolf Henselt's Variations for Piano, Opus 1 ; Stephen Heller: Three Impromptus, Opus 7 ; Clara Wieck: Soirees for Piano, Opus 6 ; Felix Mendelssohn: Preludes and Fugues, Opus 35 ; Frederic Chopin: Etudes, Opus 25 -- The Editor's Ball (1837) -- The Old Captain (1837) -- "The Huguenots" (1837) -- Schubert's Grand Duo and Three Last Sonatas (1838) -- Luigi Cherubini: String Quartet No. 1 in E flat (1838) -- Piano Concertos (1839) -- Gottfried Preyer's Symphony (1839) -- Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1839) -- Friedrich Kalkbrenner: Etudes, Opus 145 (1839) -- Liszt's Etudes (1839) -- Franz Liszt: Concerts in Dresden and Leipzig (1840) -- Schubert's Symphony in C (1840) -- The Municipal and Communal Musical Society of the City of Kyritz (1840) -- Chopin's Sonata (1841) -- Sigismond Thalberg (1841) -- Alexander Dreyschock: Grand Fantasy (1841) -- Chopin: Nocturnes, Ballade, Waltz (1841) -- Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony (1842) -- Louis Spohr: Sixth and Seventh Symphonies (1843) -- Rudolph Willmers (1843) -- Robert Franz (1843) -- Niels Gade (1843) -- "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1843) -- Robert Schumann: Concerto without Orchestra (1843) -- New Paths (1853). |
| General note | Translation from the German of selections from Gesammelte Schriften über Musik und Musiker. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Original version | Reprint. Originally published: The musical world of Robert Schumann. London : Gollancz, 1965. |
| LCCN | 88011800 |
| ISBN | 0486257487 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S4 A25 1988 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |