{"id":4225,"date":"2010-10-20T12:05:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T17:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2010-10-20T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T17:05:06","slug":"misunderstood-genius-of-composer-schumann-explored-at-upcoming-apsu-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2010\/10\/20\/misunderstood-genius-of-composer-schumann-explored-at-upcoming-apsu-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Misunderstood genius of composer Schumann explored at upcoming APSU concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – In the late winter of 1854, German composer Robert Schumann entered an insane asylum, which abruptly ended his creative career. He died two years later, and critics often cited his late works as being erratic and incomprehensible.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople think he went mad, therefore there\u2019s no value in his later music and that it\u2019s full of mistakes or lack of creative inspiration,\u201d Ming Wang, assistant professor of music at Austin Peay State University, said. \u201cI had the same opinion toward Schumann when I was a student.\u201d<\/p>\n

But about five years ago, under the influence of his music professors at Yale, Wang began an intensive study of the composer. Within a few years, his opinion drastically changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter really looking at his music closely, studying his scores, you realize just how innovative and revolutionary his music really is,\u201d he said. \u201cWith his poetic and personal music, he invites the listener into his own world like no other composer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wang has organized a concert at APSU, \u201cThe Misunderstood Genius of Robert Schumann: Bicentennial Celebration Concert,\u201d which he hopes will restore the composer\u2019s reputation and possibly earn him some new followers. The concert, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7:30pm, October 25th in the APSU Music\/Mass Communication Building Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

Wang argues that Schumann\u2019s influence can be seen in the works of the 20th century\u2019s greatest composers, such as Gustav Mahler, and he has organized the concert to illustrate the 200-year-old composer\u2019s lasting legacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this concert we are putting living composers\u2019 music side-by-side with Schumann\u2019s late works,\u201d Wang said. \u201cThere are three compositions taken from the last year of Schumann\u2019s creative period – all written in 1854. We saw three works, very different from each other but also share things in common, and we put them side-by-side with three contemporary composers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Works by American composer Timothy Andres, Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag and German composer Wolfgang Rihm will be juxtaposed against Schumann\u2019s works.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach of these composers\u2019 works are dedicated or inspired by Schumann\u2019s work,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n

Andres will be in attendance at the concert and play the piano for his piece and several Schumann pieces. This is a particular treat for the local audience given that Andres is a rising young talent in the music world. The ever-finicky New Yorker magazine described the 24-year-old\u2019s music as having an \u201cunhurried grandeur that has rarely been felt in American music.\u201d<\/p>\n

The evening will also feature several talented local musicians, including Wang on clarinet, Emily Hanna Crane on violin, Jeffrey Wood on piano, Michael Samis on cello and Shuzheng Yang on viola.<\/p>\n

The concert is sponsored by the APSU Department of Music and the APSU Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts. For more information, contact the Center at 931-221-7876.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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