SchumannBy: Judith Chernaik Drawing on previously unpublished sources, this groundbreaking biography of Robert Schumann sheds new light on the great composers life and work. With the rigorous research of a scholar and the eloquent prose of a novelist, Judith Chernaik takes us into Schumanns nineteenth century Romantic milieu, where he wore many masks that gave voice to each corner of his soul. The son of a book publisher, he infused his pieces with literary