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Schumann and the Myth of Madness
Nineteenth-Century Music Review Pub Date : 2020-06-17 , DOI: 10.1017/s1479409819000478
David Ferris

Despite the recent flurry of revisionism in Schumann biography, the last months of his career are still misunderstood. Biographers describe a gradual psychological decline, which led to Schumann's removal from his position. But there is no evidence that Schumann was suffering from mental illness before 10 February 1854. According to Clara's diary and correspondence, Schumann was healthy and contented in the fall of 1853, and his psychotic break came as a shock. Two recently published sources – a report to the Düsseldorf city council and correspondence between Schumann and a Berlin colleague – suggest that Schumann decided to resign and seek his fortune elsewhere. The fall of 1853 was one of the most prolific periods in his career and he may have felt that he could support his family on his earnings as a composer. Schumann's resignation was not the irrational response of a desperate man, but a reasonable course of action.

中文翻译:

舒曼与疯狂神话

尽管舒曼传记最近出现了一系列修正主义,但他职业生涯的最后几个月仍然被误解。传记作者描述了一种逐渐的心理衰退,导致舒曼被免职。但没有证据表明舒曼在 1854 年 2 月 10 日之前患有精神疾病。根据克拉拉的日记和信件,舒曼在 1853 年秋天身体健康且心满意足,他的精神病发作令人震惊。最近公布的两个消息来源——提交给杜塞尔多夫市议会的一份报告以及舒曼与柏林同事之间的通信——表明舒曼决定辞职并在别处谋生。1853 年的秋天是他职业生涯中最多产的时期之一,他可能觉得他可以靠作曲家的收入养家糊口。舒曼
更新日期:2020-06-17
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