Faber & Faber

The Songs of Robert Schumann: Eric Sams

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Synopsis:

Eric Sams’ study of Schumann’s 246 songs (Faber 1961, revised 1993) - a companion volume to his The Songs of Hugo Wolf, also available in Faber Finds - remains a classic text. By providing a translation, commentary and notes for each of the songs, tracing original sources and relating recurring themes vividly to Schumann’s life, Sams provides a unique documentary of Schumann’s song-writing art.

The book includes a foreword (to the First Edition) by the legendary accompanist, Gerald Moore, who writes:

'So felicitous is the writing that one is hardly conscious of the erudition and profound thought that have gone into the making of it ... Eric Sams has produced a work that will be read and read again as long as Robert Schumann’s songs are loved.'

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Categorised as:

Music, Stage & Screen

Sub-categories:

Classical Music

Genres & Themes:

Composers; Faber Finds; Musicians; Song Writing