Clara Schumann Studies
Part of Cambridge Composer Studies
- Editor: Joe Davies, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
- Date Published: December 2023
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108747677
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Since the 1980s, when she re-emerged from the peripheries into a more central position in music studies, Clara Schumann (1819–1896) has exerted an enduring fascination over the scholarly and popular imagination. Revisionist biographies, the uncovering of primary sources (diaries, letters, memorabilia), and filmic and literary depictions of Schumann have all brought into sharper focus the details and reception of her life, while simultaneously drawing attention to how much there is still to learn about her creativity. This book brings together a team of leading scholars to reappraise Clara Schumann in three particular respects: first, by delving deeper into her social and musical contexts; secondly, by offering fresh analytical perspectives on her songs and instrumental music; and thirdly, by reconsidering her legacy as a pianist and teacher. In doing so, the volume not only contributes to a rounded picture of Schumann's creative vision, but also opens up new pathways in the wider study of women in music.
Read more- Explores the social contexts of Clara Schumann's artistic career and provides a deeper understanding of the people, places, events and ideas that shaped her outlook
- Situates Schumann's music within the context of developments in music theory and analysis
- Highlights her influence both within her immediate circle and on the wider sphere of nineteenth-century musical culture
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'… what the individual essays exemplify is a sense of academic diversity that underpins current ways of thinking about Schumann-Wieck and her world. In doing so, they break ground not only in relation to Clara Schumann, but in relation to women in music in general.' Juan Carlos Tellechea, Bibliographic Reviews
See more reviews'[The book] calls us to reflect on how we tell (and retell) the stories of celebrated figures and how we can rely upon them to introduce new historical questions.' April L. Prince, Notes: the Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
‘The book represents a second generation of research that can … delve deeper into Clara Schumann’s professional circles, performance history, compositions, and reception. … the contents of Clara Schumann Studies extend and deepen the established scholarship about its subject, providing additional insights into a continually fascinating figure.’ Marian Wilson Kimber, Journal of the American Musicological Society
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- Date Published: December 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108747677
- length: 327 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.567kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Clara and Robert Schumann's circles in Dresden: 'I take the liberty to request from you an invitation […] to your musical matinée' Anja Bunzel
2. Disillusionment and patriotism: Clara and Robert Schumann in the wake of the 1848–1849 revolutions Susan Youens
3. Softened,smudged, erased: Punctuation and continuity in Clara Schumann's Lieder Stephen Rodgers
4. A way with words: Expressive declamation in Clara Schumann's songs Harald Krebs
5. Clara Schumann and the nineteenth-century piano concerto Joe Davies
6. Clara Schumann and Bach Susan Wollenberg
7. Formal innovation and virtuosity in Clara Schumann's Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 Nicole Grimes
8. Contextualizing Clara Schumann's Romanzen Katharina Uhde and R. Larry Todd
9. The young prophetess in performance Amanda Lalonde
10. Clara Schumann's compositional and concertizing strategies, and Robert Schumann's piano sets Alexander Stefaniak
11. Clara – Robert's posthumous androgyne Roe-Min Kok
12. Clara Schumann, 'Clara Schumann', and the American press Jonathan Kregor
13. Clara Schumann's legacy as a teacher Natasha Loges.
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