This work describes the various categories of metrical conflict that characterize Schumann's work, investigates how states of conflict are introduced and then manipulated and resolved in his compositions, and studies the interaction of such ...

The authors have uncovered a wealth of new material and information on Lang's life and music, and woven it into a compelling first study of this fascinating figure.

This volume presents a theory of metrical conflict and applies it to the music of Robert Schumann, thereby placing that composer's distinctive metrical style in focus.