Since the 1980s, when she re-emerged from the peripheries into a more central position in music studies, Clara Schumann (1819–1896) has exerted an enduring fascination over the scholarly and popular imagination. Revisionist biographies, the uncovering of primary sources (diaries, letters, memorabilia), and filmic and literary depictions of Schumann have all brought into sharper focus the details and reception of her life, while simultaneously drawing attention to how much there is still to learn about her creativity. This book brings together a team of leading scholars to reappraise Clara Schumann in three particular respects: first, by delving deeper into her social and musical contexts; secondly, by offering fresh analytical perspectives on her songs and instrumental music; and thirdly, by reconsidering her legacy as a pianist and teacher. In doing so, the volume not only contributes to a rounded picture of Schumann's creative vision, but also opens up new pathways in the wider study of women in music.
Edited by:
Joe Davies
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 170mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781108747677
ISBN 10: 1108747671
Series: Cambridge Composer Studies
Pages: 327
Publication Date: 21 December 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. 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.
Joe Davies is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow at the University of California, Irvine and Maynooth University. His research focuses on nineteenth-century music, its interaction with other art forms, and its relationship with notions of authorship, gender and self-fashioning. He is co-editor of Drama in the Music of Franz Schubert (with James Sobaskie, 2019).
Reviews for Clara Schumann Studies
'… what the individual essays exemplify is a sense of academic diversity that underpins current ways of thinking about Schumann-Wieck and her 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 '[The book] calls us to reflect on how we tell (and retell) the stories of celebrated figures and how we can rely upon them to introduce new historical questions.' April L. Prince, Notes: the Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 'The book represents a second generation of research that can … delve deeper into Clara Schumann's professional circles, performance history, compositions, and reception. … the contents of Clara Schumann Studies extend and deepen the established scholarship about its subject, providing additional insights into a continually fascinating figure.' Marian Wilson Kimber, Journal of the American Musicological Society
