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Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman. By Nancy B. Reich. Revised ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2001. (xxvii, 385 p. ISBN 0-8014-3740-7. $50 (hbk.); ISBN 0-8014-8637-8. $21.95 (pbk.).] Illustrations, catalog of works, bibliography, index.
In the preface to the first edition of her landmark biography of Clara Schumann (1985), Nancy B. Reich stated, "In seeking a modern approach to this great artist, I have examined new sources and reexamined old. This study has deepened my regard for the artist and the woman; it has also convinced me that she is worthy of the truth" (p. xii). The quest for historical truth was evident throughout the book, as the author provided a more thorough, well-rounded, and realistic portrait of this complex woman than had been available up to that time. The impetus for a revised edition was not a reinterpretation of this portrait, but rather the availability of new sources of documentation that she was unable to use in preparing the first edition. Of these new sources, Reich states,...
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