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From: rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo)
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Subject: Recent psychobiography of Robert Schumann
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 11:52:01 EDT
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I'm looking for such a book; don't know author or title.  I think it
describes Schumann as homoerotic & refers to various personal writings
of the composer.

In an intriguing footnote about Franz Peter Schubert, it mentions a
homoerotic story Schubert wrote as well as a rather large amount of
homoerotic poems.  For years biographers have puzzled over Schubert's
nearly non-existent love-life, either remarking on the lack of women
in his life, or claiming he was addicted to visiting (female) prosti-
tutes.  In 1822 he contracted syphilis, & was seriously ill with it
for much of 1823; during his illness he wrote the melancholy song
cycle "Die schoene Muellerin".  Some speculate this bout of VD caused
Schubert to leave the B minor symphony "unfinished" due to self-disgust.

I'd appreciate any info, thanks,

					Ron Rizzo