How Long to Read The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann

How Long Does it Take to Read The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 35 minutes to read The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann by Robert Schumann

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The 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 Schumann's 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 Clara's decision to return to the concert stage after a prolonged hiatus, and her anxiety in the face of Robert's changing moods. This edition includes the couple's travel book, written during their stressful concert tour of Russia in 1844, which marked the end of the marriage diaries; RobertSchumann's 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.

How long is The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann?

The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann by Robert Schumann is 452 pages long, and a total of 113,904 words.

This makes it 153% the length of the average book. It also has 139% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 22 minutes to read The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann aloud.

What Reading Level is The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann?

The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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