Schumann on Music: A Selection from the Writings [Alf:06-257487]

A lesser-known fact about the genius composer, Robert Schumann, is that he was also a gifted music critic. This is a collection of 61 of Schumann's most important critical pieces that he wrote for the Neue Zeitschrift fĵr Musik, the influential music journal that he founded in 1834.t, and Cherubini plus revealing essays on minor masters such as Spohr, Hiller, Field, Moscheles, Hummel, and Gade. (translated & edited by Henry Pleasants)