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ROBERT SCHUMANN AND RICHARD WAGNER AS MUSIC CRI...

The music reviews of Robert Schumann and Richard Wagner are central documents of 19th-century
German musical culture. This book takes a closer look at the way these texts were written and
explores the significant contributions Schumann and Wagner made to the discourse of musical
appraisal. To that effect  the author raises fundamental questions that have thus far remained
unaddressed: What textual features characterize the critical writings? How do Schumann and
Wagner understand their roles as critics of music? And in what way do they reach out to the
reader? Rather than understanding these critical writings exclusively as a gateway to the
compositions and musical aesthetics of Schumann and Wagner  this book analyzes the texts
through the lens of pragmatics  narratology and discourse analysis. Using this
interdisciplinary perspective  the author proposes to understand Schumann and Wagner within the
broader medial and discursive context of German 'Kritik'. He challenges the dominant narrative
that brands Schumann and Wagner as elitist Romantic critics  demonstrating instead that they
actively encourage their readers to form their own judgements. This volume is an indispensable
resource for scholars of German literature  periodicals and music alike.

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