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AudioRobert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic
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LibriVox recording of Robert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic by Herbert Francis Peyser. Read in English by David Wales. [This is] the sketchiest outline of Robert Schumann’s short life but amazingly rich achievement. Together with Haydn and Schubert he was, perhaps, the most completely lovable of the great masters. It is hard, moreover, to think of a composer more strategically placed in his epoch or more perfectly timed in his coming. Tone poet, fantast, critic, visionary, prophet—he was all of these! And he passed through every phase, it seemed, of romantic experience. The great and even the semi-great of a fabulous period of music were his intimates—personages like Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Moscheles, Ferdinand David, Hiller, Joachim, Brahms. He won the woman he loved after a bitter struggle against a tyrannical father-in-law. He created much of the world’s greatest piano music, many of its loveliest songs, four great symphonies, superb chamber compositions and a good deal else. - Summary from Author's Foreword. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox cata…
Directors & creators
Herbert Francis Peyser
Subjects
librivox; audiobooks;music; nineteenth century; Romanticism; composer; schumann
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