Schumann: The Faces and the Masks

by Judith Chernaik

Traces the life and music of the major composer and key figure of Romanticism, who has been the subject of major controversy since his early death in a mental asylum. Drawing on unpublished archive material, as well as more established materials, the author traces the life and music of a major composer and key figure of Romanticism, who has been the subject of major controversy since his early death in a mental asylum.