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The book succeeds . . . by discussing the material world and practices of classical music. In setting forth concrete details and eschewing the hyperbolic and metaphoric, Stefaniak brings classical music back to life.

-- M. Dineen * Choice *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
1. Schumann's Early-Career Concert Vehicles: Transcendent Interiority and the Cutting Edge of Popular Pianism
2. The Imagined Revelation of Musical Works
3. The Compositional Agency of the Revelatory Interpreter
4. Clara Schumann's 1840s Compositions and her Midcentury Persona
5. Navigating and Shaping Local Concert Scenes and Canons: Clara Schumann's 1854-56 Tours
6. Revelatory Interpretation and the Performance of Memory
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

Becoming Clara Schumann

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    A Paperback / softback by Alexander Stefaniak

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 2 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9780253058287
      978-0253058287
      ISBN-10 0253058287
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      The book succeeds . . . by discussing the material world and practices of classical music. In setting forth concrete details and eschewing the hyperbolic and metaphoric, Stefaniak brings classical music back to life.

      -- M. Dineen * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Chronology
      Introduction
      1. Schumann's Early-Career Concert Vehicles: Transcendent Interiority and the Cutting Edge of Popular Pianism
      2. The Imagined Revelation of Musical Works
      3. The Compositional Agency of the Revelatory Interpreter
      4. Clara Schumann's 1840s Compositions and her Midcentury Persona
      5. Navigating and Shaping Local Concert Scenes and Canons: Clara Schumann's 1854-56 Tours
      6. Revelatory Interpretation and the Performance of Memory
      Epilogue
      Bibliography
      Index

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