“To Diotima” – this addendum to the title was preserved until shortly before publication of the piano “songs” and mystified Schumann's contemporaries. “The Goddess to whom they are addressed has caused me quite a headache” wrote Joseph Joachim, and even Brahms was not able to identify her. The composer was referring to a novel by Hölderlin, although this work was apparently no longer generally very well-known in Schumann's day. “Quite original pieces, there is a very particular atmosphere in them” – thus Clara passed judgement. In our revised edition Ernst Herttrich provides a detailed illumination of the background to this unusual work.
DetailsPublisher: Henle Urtext Edition
Publication Date: 11/2006
Credits: (ed. Wolfgang Boetticher, fing. Hans-Martin Theopold)
Medium: Softcover
Pages: 28
Length: 12.25 in.
Width: 9.25 in.
Series: Henle Music Folios
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