Music and Desire among the Austro-German Romantics - Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, Brahms, and the Schumanns

Investigates the composition and reception of works by key Romantics such as Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner and the Schumanns with attention to the role of sexual desire in the composers' lives and music.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Hope for Ludwig in Leonore's never-land
2. The lonely passions of Schubert's winter swagman
3. Banns of love: bourgeois longings in Wagner's Das Liebesverbot
4. The talented Mr. Brahms, Clara's fullest friend

Afterword
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Chris Walton

Summary

Investigates the composition and reception of works by key Romantics such as Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner and the Schumanns with attention to the role of sexual desire in the composers' lives and music.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Walton, Dr Chris Walton
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2025
• EAN: 9781648251108
• ISBN: 978-1-64825-110-8
• No. of pages: 278
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history