Schumann's Music and E T a Hoffmann's Fiction

Cambridge University Press, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. A firm and square hardback with sharp corners and strong joints, complete with original dustjacket, just showing a few very minor rubs and light edge-wear, now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Hence a non-text page has a small 'damaged' stamp. Despite such this book is actually in… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Four of Schumann's great masterpieces of the 1830s are connected to the fiction of E. T. A. Hoffmann. John MacAuslan explores these works' musical patterns, stylistic developments and literary connections. Essential reading for musicologists, performers and listeners with an interest in Schumann and early nineteenth-century music.