From Embracing the Sparrow-Wall, or 1 Schumann-madness by Royalty Account Jonathan Larson

From Embracing the Sparrow-Wall, or 1 Schumann-madness by Royalty Account Jonathan Larson

Originally written in German by one of Austria's most important experimental poets, From Embracing the Sparrow-Wall, or 1 Schumann-madness, is a revisionary incantation of the lives of 19th-Century composer Robert Schumann and pianist Clara Schumann, alongside that of the poet herself, Friederike Mayr cker, and her heart-and-hand companion, Ernst Jandl. Initially conceived as a musical performance and published as a textual record of a radio play, this book showcases Mayr cker's wild, innovative use of language, as well as her unique mode of textual production, in which details and lines from lives and letters are interwoven with her own. In the words of the translator, Jonathan Larson: Robert Schumann's diary entries set up the source motif, their relations of sexual experience, personal medical history, and artistic musing are all flush sampling materials for Mayr cker to recompose a new text from an old one, as if it were written as a reinterpretation of Robert Schumann's diaries ('1 has to feel it, 1 has to feel language, to lay on or take off 1 weight here and there like pharmacist scale, so it must sound, so tuned').

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ISBN 13	9781732153028
ISBN 10	1732153027
Title	From Embracing the Sparrow-Wall, or 1 Schumann-madness
Author	Royalty Account Jonathan Larson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oomph! Press
Year published	2019-09-11
Number of pages	50
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.