SCHUMANN, ROBERT

Additional reading His life and music are treated in Wilhelm Wasielewski, Life of Robert Schumann (1871, reprinted 1975); Robert H. Schauffler, Florestan: The Life and Work of Robert Schumann (1945, reprinted 1963); Marcel Brion, Schumann and the Romantic Age (1956); Gerald Abraham (ed.), Schumann: A Symposium (1952, reprinted 1977), authoritative essays on all the works; Henry Pleasants (ed. and trans.), The Musical World of Robert Schumann: A Selection from His Own Writings (1965); Joan Chissell, Schumann, rev. ed. (1967), a succinct general biography and study of the works; Leon Plantinga, Schumann as Critic (1967), a valuable study of the prose writings; Eric Sams, The Songs of Robert Schumann (1969), an exhaustive study of the songs; Stephen Walsh, The Lieder of Robert Schumann (1971), a short, general, and perceptive study of the songs; Schumann's Keyboard Works (1972), an introduction to the piano music; and Alan Walker (ed.), Robert Schumann, the Man and His Music (1974).