Description
An accessible introduction to Schumann: his time, temperament, style and his oeuvre.
About the Author
Beate Perrey is currently Senior Lecturer in Critical Musicology and Analysis at the University of Liverpool, and was previously Visiting Professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris and Research Fellow at Trinity and Christ's College, Cambridge. Together with Gillian Beer and Malcolm Bowie, she co-directs the long-term research project New Languages for Criticism: Cross-currents and Resistances at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Cambridge. She is the author of Schumann's 'Dichterliebe' and Early Romantic Poetics: Fragmentation of Desire (Cambridge, 2002), and writes about nineteenth and twentieth century music and its interfaces with different forms of cultural expression, and the verbal and visual arts.
Reviews
'Her own chapter, Schumann's Lives and Afterlives: An Introduction', is ... a good overview'. London Review of Books
'... the overall excellence of the Cambridge series, with its greater academic and analytical content than Oxford's, is upheld by this Schumann volume.' Classical Music
'Readers unaware of the full extent of Schumann's compositional mastery, or his staggering originality will surely finish this volume newly enlightened.' Classical Music
'This companion is an excellent starting point.' Reference Reviews
'... an impressive introduction ti the many facets of Schumann's illustrious life and fascinating music.' Journal for the Society for Musicology in Ireland
Book Information
ISBN 9780521789509
Author Beate Perrey
Format Paperback
Page Count 326
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 660g
Dimensions(mm) 245mm * 177mm * 20mm