Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index.
Contents
Florestan among the revelers : postclassical virtuosity and Schumann's critique of pleasure -- Florestan's wine, Clara Wieck's spirit : postclassical virtuosity and poetic interiority -- Poetic showpieces in the cultivated salon -- Virtuosity and the rhetoric of the sublime -- Steps to Parnassus? : Schumann's equivocal work concept -- Festivals of the virtuoso priesthood : collaborating with Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim.
