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Stefaniak, Alexander
Schumann's Virtuosity, 09/2016Book Chapter
In 1843, Robert Schumann published a review that captures, in miniature, the range and urgency of the issues that virtuosity raised for him. The essay covered violinist Antonio Bazzini’s May 14 concert at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Its opening does not bode well for the Italian star: Schumann seems to announce himself as a staunch antivirtuosity critic. He describes a horde of virtuosos glutting the concert scene and suggests a sweepingly negative view of their work: The public has lately begun to notice a surplus of virtuosos, and so has this journal (as it has often made known). Their recently arisen
