Robert Schumann - The Book of Songs

Informationen zum Autor Jon W. Finson is Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Klappentext Arguably no other 19th-century German composer was as literate or as finely attuned to setting verse as Robert Schumann. Finson challenges assumptions about Schumann's Lieder! engaging traditionally held interpretations. Arranged in part thematically! rather than by strict compositional chronology! this book speaks to the heart of Schumann's music. Zusammenfassung Arguably no other 19th-century German composer was as literate or as finely attuned to setting verse as Robert Schumann. Finson challenges assumptions about Schumann’s Lieder, engaging traditionally held interpretations. Arranged in part thematically, rather than by strict compositional chronology, this book speaks to the heart of Schumann’s music.

Product details

• Authors: Jon W. Finson, Finson Jon W.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780674026292
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02629-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Music: styles and genres, Music: styles & genres