Schumann: The Faces & The Masks by Judith Chernaik. First edition hardback.

Faber

product title\nUp to 75% off publishers' prices\n-- \n--   Schumann \n\nPublisher: Faber\nAuthor: Judith Chernaik\nISBN: 9780571331260\nFormat: Hardback\nPages:\n\nJudith Chernaik describes Robert Schumann (1810\u20131856) as a key figure in Romanticism: \u2018a true Romantic in his embrace of poetry and feeling, his love of emotional extremes, his intermingling of life and art\u2019. In this groundbreaking biography she traces the composer\u2019s life and musical career, from his provincial, middle-class upbringing to his tragically early death, and draws on the medical records kept by Schumann\u2019s doctor to shed light on the composer\u2019s final illness in the Endenich asylum.\nABOUT US\nDELIVERY RETURNS\nPostscript is a long-established mail order company specialising in good quality publishers' overstocks and remainder books at discounts of up to 80% off the published price. We are dedicated to providing you with the best quality, lowest cost products on eBay.\nWe've gos