Robert Schumann's Leipzig Chamber Works: Music in the Great Stream of Time

The first in-depth study in almost half a century of Robert Schumann's multi-movement Leipzig chamber works, this book offers novel and diverse encounters with the three Op. 41 String Quartets, the Op. 44 Piano Quintet, and the Op. 47 Piano Quartet. The volume adopts a two-pronged approach, exploring the reception of this music from both composer- and listener-oriented perspectives. On the one hand, it shows how this repertory illuminates Schumann's response to certain past and contemporary...