Klarinet Archive - Posting 000697.txt from 2002/05

From: Paul Harris <pwharris@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Robert Schumann
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 18:50:46 -0400

Probably suffered from tinia.
Paul Harris
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From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Robert Schumann

> According to at least one biography of Schumann, the assertion was made
> that he once described the nature of his madness during a lucid moment
> when he was in possession of his sanity. His description was that he
> heard a trumpet playing B-flat constantly, uninteruptedly, and
> continuously.
>
> Some breath control!
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