Clara Schumann / Monica Steegmann.
| Author/creator |
Steegmann, Monica |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | London : Haus Publishing, 2004. |
| Description | 154 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Uniform title | Clara Schumann. English |
| Contents | Preparing for life as a musician -- A double life -- Happiness and reality -- Concerts, programmes, strategies -- The composer as pianist -- Feeling at home and swansong -- Chronology -- List of works. |
| Abstract | When Clara Schumann was just eighteen she realised 'that I would be unhappy if I were unable to practise my art forever'. She found after her husband Robert Schumann's death, 'how necessary music is in my life - if I had to given it up I should soon perish'. Even when she was seventy, the thought that she might no longer be able to play was completely unbearable: 'How should I go on living if I had to give it up entirely!' Nothing shook her hold on life as strongly as the thought of giving up her music. It was something innate rather than acquired, a form of artistic expression, the language most familiar to her, 'the air in which I breathe. Only music and people could warm my heart' - and in that order. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 1904341594 |
| ISBN | 9781904341598 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML417.S4 S74 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |