Robert Schumann: Life and Death of a Musician Book

List of Illustrations ix

Maps: Saxony xii

Travels in Europe and Russia xiii

Preface xv

Note on the Text xvi

Part I Early Years

1 Birth and upbringing: Zwickau 1810-1828 3

2 Leipzig and Wieck: 1828-1829 18

3 Decision for music: 1829-1830 35

4 A numbed finger: 1830-1832 51

5 On syphilis: 1831-1832 72

6 Other fears and tremblings: 1832-1833 77

7 Ernestine von Fricken: 1834-1835 93

Part II Clara Wieck

8 'No longer a child': 1835 109

9 Apart: 1836-1837 123

10 Engaged: 1837-1838 136

11 Enduring: 1838-1839 150

12 Fighting: 1839-1840 166

13 Success: 1840 186

Part III Marriage and Career

14 Thin walls in Inselstrasse: 1840-1841 203

15 The composer at home: 1842-1843 218

16 To Russia: 1844 233

17 Illnesses: Dresden 1844-1845 249

18 Offspring: 1846-1847 266

19 Choral, operatic and financial: 1847-1849 282

20 A new career? 1849-1850 299

21 Düsseldorf: 1850-1852 314

22 While the daylight lasts: 1852-1853 333

23 Catastrophe: 1853-1854 344

Part IV Ending

24 Diagnosis: 1854-2007 361

25 Endenich: 1854-1856 370

Epilogue 386

Appendix: Autopsy Report on the body of Robert Schumann 390

Acknowledgements 397

Cue-Titles, Abbreviations and Conventions 399

Notes 405

Index 474