{"product_id":"the-marriage-diaries-of-robert-clara-schumann-from-their-wedding-day-through-the-russia-trip","title":"The Marriage Diaries of Robert \u0026 Clara Schumann: From Their Wedding Day Through the Russia Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Schumann Marriage diaries provide a vivid portrait of the unique artistic and personal union between two renowned musicians. For the first four years of their marriage  Robert and Clara Schumann kept a joint diary  recording their entries  at least initially  on alternate weeks. Begun on September 13  1840  the day after their marriage  the diary opens with guidance from Robert: \"This little book . . . has a very intimate meaning; it shall be a diary about everything that touches us mutually in our household and marriage.\" The diaries reflect the harmony as well as the discord in their marriage. Robert and Clara describe in intimate detail their honeymoon period  the births of their children  their busy social lives  travels throughout Europe  financial problems  separations  and reunions. The book also evokes the artistic milieu of nineteenth-century Germany. The Schumanns came in contact with many musicians  including their close friends Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt  and recorded their insightful reactions to the artists and their music. The marriage diaries cover a fertile period in Robert Schumanns life  during which he wrote the Spring Symphony  the Piano Concerto  most of his chamber music  his first oratorio  \"Paradise and the Peri \" and numerous songs. They reflect the frenetic pace at which he worked  as well as his growing bouts of depression  his ambivalent response to Claras decision to return to the concert stage after a prolonged hiatus  and her anxiety in the face of Roberts changing moods. This edition includes the couples travel book  written during their stressful concert tour of Russia in 1844  which marked the end of the marriage diaries; Robert Schumanns descriptions of Russian customs; and the poems he wrote in Moscow - all of which provide a fascinating and uniquely detailed glimpse at what it was like to travel in Russia at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968282652725,"sku":"ByrdShop_1555531717","price":450.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781555531713.jpg?v=1770650759","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-marriage-diaries-of-robert-clara-schumann-from-their-wedding-day-through-the-russia-trip","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}