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Book SynopsisRepresenting the latest research on Clara Schumann's social and musical contexts and her creative output, this book reconsiders the composer's songs and instrumental music, and her legacy as a pianist and teacher. It will be of interest to scholars and students of nineteenth-century music, cultural history and gender studies.
Trade Review'… what the individual essays exemplify is a sense of academic diversity that underpins current ways of thinking about Schumann-Wieck and his 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
Table of Contents1. 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.
