Schumann on Music: A Selection from the Writings

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 für 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)