ROBERT SCHUMANN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A MUSICIAN
Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B76258
English Summary/英文概要： John Worthen’s Schumann is not the traditional, doom-laden Romantic; he is neither manic-depressive nor schizophrenic, nor a man who went mad after years of depression. A study of the original sources reveals Schumann to have been an astute, tough, articulate and immensely determined individual, who – with little support from his background in provincial Saxony – painstakingly taught himself his craft as a musician, overcame problem after problem in his professional life, married the woman he loved after a tremendous battle with his father-in-law, struggled with financial problems and illness, worked amazingly hard to develop his musical range and to earn his living – to be struck down, at the age of only forty-four, by a vile and incurable disease. But he wrote arguably the best music of his generation.
This biography effectively de-mystifies Schumann: it reveals him as a passionate, resolute musician and a thoroughly creative human being.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 约翰•沃森笔下的舒曼并不是一名传统、背负着沉重命运的浪漫主义者；同时，他既不狂躁抑郁，也不会精神分裂，更不是一名在经历了多年忧郁后走向疯癫的人。一份对原始资料的研究表明：舒曼一直是一名聪敏、坚韧、善于表达并且有着巨大决心的个体，他几乎并未从故乡萨克逊州获得任何的支持，却凭借着自己的努力，艰难的完成了成为一名音乐家的技能自学，在他的职业生涯中，他克服了一个又一个难题，在和未来的岳父进行了大量的抗争后，他终于如愿以偿的娶到了心爱的女人，他不断与经济问题和疾病作斗争，付出惊人的努力去提高和发展自己的音乐事业并以之谋生---然而在44岁那年，一场可恶的绝症还是将他击倒。但他却写下了那个时代最具争议性的伟大音乐作品。
这本自传将为我们揭开舒曼神秘的面纱：书中的他是充满激情、一心追求音乐的音乐家，同时更是一名当之无愧的创新家。(DC)
Awards/获奖情况：‘文风极其优美，内容资料调查严谨。’ - 西蒙•海佛，《文学评论》
‘Beautifully written and meticulously researched’ - Simon Heffer, Literary Review.
About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰•沃森出生于伦敦；他曾是一名学术研究者，著有D•H•劳伦斯、华兹华斯及柯勒律治文化团体、T•S•艾略特、威廉•华兹华斯等人的传记作品。《罗伯特•舒曼：一名音乐家的生平故事》最初由耶鲁大学出版社于2007年初次出版发行。
John Worthen was born in London; after working as an academic, he has written biographies of D. H. Lawrence, the Wordsworth/Coleridge circle (The Gang), T. S. Eliot and William Wordsworth. Robert Schumann: Life and Death of a Musician was originally published by Yale University Press in 2007.
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