| BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS |
| One of the most frequent questions I get in my email is about what books I could recommend on Schumann's life and works. The following is a list of what I deem to be "the best" resources on Schumann: |
| LINDSAY'S TOP PICK: |
| Daverio, John. Robert Schumann: Herald of a New Poetic Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. (This book has it all - accurate and insightful musical commentary and an up-to-date, non-fictionalized, accurate retelling of Schumann's life. Consider it your "one-stop-shop" musico-biography for Schumann.) |
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| Jensen, Eric Frederick. Schumann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. |
| Burger, Ernst. Eine Lebenschronik in Bildern und Dokumenten (Neue Ausgabe saemtlicher Werke, Serie VIII, Supplement: Band I); Mainz: Schott, 1999. |
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| Ostwald, Peter. Robert Schumann: The Inner Voices of a Musical Genius. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1985. |
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| Plantinga, Leon. Schumann as Critic. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967. |
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| Todd, R. Larry (ed). Schumann and his world. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. |
| Walker, Alan (ed). Robert Schumann: The Man and His Music. London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1972. |
| The musicological world was deeply saddened by the sudden death of John Daverio in 2003. Please visit his memorial website if you wish to learn more about this inspiring scholar. |
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