Two reasons precipitated the move of the Schumanns to Dresden: Robert Schumann’s health and the reconciliation with Clara Schumann’s father. Yet Dresden quickly turned into disappointment: Robert’s mental condition worsened, relations with her father deteriorated. Burdened with familial responsibilities and no time for concert tours, Clara found expression in her most ambitious and melancholic composition, creating one of the most individualistic and innovative chamber works of her generation. Central to this narratological reading is the composer’s use of the Clara theme (diatonically descending fifth) and its many derivatives throughout the work. Substantial revisions found in the autograph (RSH 12897-A1) present obvious clues about overarching thematic and harmonic strategies and early reviews emphasizing the composer’s individualistic voice offer further hermeneutic insights. To express her disappointing Dresden experience defiantly, Clara explored the possibilities of thematic integration among all four movements as well as a super-imposed sonata form design across the whole work.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:72590 |
| Date | 29 October 2020 |
| Creators | Reichwald, Siegwart |
| Contributors | Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar der Universität Paderborn und der Hochschule für Musik Detmold |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:conferenceObject, info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 10.25366/2020.42, urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-725481, qucosa:72548 |
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