Robert Schumann : the man and his music / edited by Alan Walker ; [contributions by] Frank Cooper, John Gardner, Louis Halsey, Alfred Nieman, Leon Plantinga, Brian Schlotel, Eric Sams, Henry Pleasants, Eliot Slater, Yonty Solomon, Bálint Vázsonyi, Joseph Weingarten, Alan Walker.

Author/creator Walker, Alan, 1930-
Other author Cooper, Frank, 1938- contributor.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Barnes & Noble, ©1972.
Descriptionxi, 489 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Schumann and his background / Alan Walker -- Solo piano music (I): The sonatas and Fantasie / Yonty Solomon -- Solo piano music (II): the piano cycles / Bálint Vázsonyi -- Interpreting Schumann's piano music / Joseph Weingartner -- Schumann and the metronome / Brian Schlotel -- The songs / Eric Sams -- Schumann and the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik / Leon Plantinga -- Schumann the critic / Henry Pleasants -- Aphorisms, maxims and the quotations / Robert Schumann -- The chamber music / John Gardner -- The concertos / Alfred Nieman -- The orchestral music / Brian Schlotel -- Operatic and dramatic music / Frank Cooper -- The choral music / Louis Halsey -- Schumann and the tonal analogue / Eric Sams -- Schumann's illness / Eliot Slater -- Appendix. Schumann's family tree ; A biographical summary ; Register of persons ; Bibliography ; Complete catalogue of Schumann's works.
General note"Complete catalogue of Schumann's works": pages 446-479.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 442-445) and index.
ISBN0064973670

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML410.S4 W18 1972 ✔ Available Place Hold