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This candid, intimate, and compellingly written new biography offers a fresh account of Robert Schumanns life. It confronts the traditional perception of the doom-laden Romantic, forced by depression into a life of helpless, poignant sadness. John Worthens scrupulous attention to the original sources reveals Schumann to have been an astute, witty, articulate, and immensely determined individual, whowith little support from hisfamily and friendsin provincial Saxonypainstakingly taught himself his craft as a musician, overcame problem after problem in his professional life, and married the woman he loved after a tremendous battle with her father. Schumann was neither manic depressive nor schizophrenic, although he struggled with mental illness. He worked prodigiously hard to develop his range of musical styles and to earn his living, only to be struck down, at the age of forty-four, by a vile and incurable disease. Worthens biography effectively de-mystifies a figure frequently regarded as a Romantic enigma. It frees Schumann from 150 years of mythmaking and unjustified psychological speculation. It reveals him, for the first time, as a brilliant, passionate, resolute musician and a

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Author

Worthen, John

Publisher

New Haven [Conn.] ; London: Yale University Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300111606

Category

music

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Music

Rating

4.21 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14