The lieder of Schumann
by Jon W. Finson, Associate Professor of Music Jon W Finson, n W. Finson
Category: History

Arguably no other 19th-century German composer was as literate or as finely attuned to setting verse as Robert Schumann. Finson challenges assumptions about Schumann's Lieder, engaging traditionally held interpretations. Arranged in part thematically, rather than by strict compositional chronology, this book speaks to the heart of Schumann's music.