The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann
Critical Edition. Volume II- Edited by Eva Weissweiler- Translated by Hildegard Fritsch and Ronald L. Crawford
©1997
Monographs
XXXVII,
574 Pages
Summary
The second volume of the Schumann correspondence contains letters written by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896) in 1839, documenting the major events of that year: Clara's concert tour and stay in Paris, Friedrich Wieck's continued vehement opposition to Robert's courtship of his daughter, Clara and Robert's legal action to obtain the court's consent for their marriage, Clara's reunion and stay with her mother in Berlin, and the death of Robert's brother Eduard.
Details
- Pages
- XXXVII, 574
- Publication Year
- 1997
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781453909980
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-1-4539-0998-0
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2012 (August)
- Keywords
- letters courtship marriage death reunion
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Paris, Wien, 1996. XXXVII, 574 pp.
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