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The trio in question comprises Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Trio (Book One) relates the story of the Schumanns, following Robert's courtship of Clara despite the savage opposition of a father who had groomed his daughter to marry a count, and threatened to shoot Robert if he persisted in his suit. It's no secret that they marry, and Robert the composer seems ideally matched by Clara the performer, but the happy early years are soon clouded by financial worries and Robert's multiple illnesses, culminating in his suicide attempt and subsequent incarceration in an insane asylum. Brahms, a lad of 20, visits them just six months before the incarceration and falls deeply in love with Clara - but he is also deeply indebted to Robert for proclaiming him the messiah of music before he had published a single work, and the conflict manifests itself in psychological scars borne the rest of his life. Trio opens with Clara's debut in 1828 and Trio 2 concludes with Brahms's death in 1897, encompassing a panoramic vision of the 19th century - not only in music, but culturally and historically, incorporating the growth of Germany from 400+ principalities to one nation under Bismarck. Book One concludes with the death of Robert in 1856. The story unfolds with the dramatic impact of a novel though derived from biographies, diaries, and correspondences. It includes cameos by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and Nietzche among others when their paths cross those of the trio. Though firmly grounded in fact, it unfolds like a novel, not a biography, a great read for the beach, the summer, the winter, a holiday, a holiday in itself, a book in which to live for a while - a narrative of love, insanity, suicide, revolution, politics - and, of course, music.
- Sales Rank: #2606173 in Books
- Brand: Brand: AuthorHouse
- Published on: 2004-01-30
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.12" w x 6.00" l, 1.44 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 444 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
Review
KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review) A novel that explores the complex relationships between classical composers Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann,and the latter's pianist/composer wife, Clara.
When Schumann, then a young law student, first meets 18-year-old Clara Josephine Wieck, she's a 9-year-old child.She's already gaining a reputation as a pianist, though, and when he sees her play, he comes to the realization that he must devote his own life to music. He convinces Clara's father, Friedrich, to take him on as a piano student, and he moves in with the family. Gradually, the bond between Clara and Robert becomes romantic, but Friedrich furiously opposes their union and forbids them to see each other. He has reasons to believe Robert is dishonorable, and he also thinks that the musician is incapable of adequately supporting his daughter financially. However, after time apart, Clara and Robert commit to each other and plan to marry against her father's wishes. Friedrich does everything in his power to stop them, including taking them to court. After composer Felix Mendelssohn testifies on Robert's behalf, Clara and Robert wed, but their relationship remains fraught with challenges. Robert wins fame for his original compositions but is unable to make much of an income, and he's emasculated by Clara's superior earning power. Clara, too, becomes frustrated that she's sacrificed her career for his and frets about his deteriorating mental health. When Robert is committed to an asylum after a failed suicide attempt, his friend, Brahms, serves as a messenger between him and Clara--and falls deeply in love with her. Author Desai (Dancing about Architecture, 2013 etc.) has produced a magisterial work, which is clearly the result of astonishingly thorough research. Although the story revolves tightly around the three main figures, there are also fascinating cameos by such musical luminaries as Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, and Fréderic Chopin, and he memorably depicts the ego-driven rivalries between them. Each has a unique personality, and the author does a lovely job of dramatizing their quirks. Still, the character of Clara steals the show, and she emerges from the shadow of her husband's much grander reputation as a musical genius in her own right.
A riveting dramatization of musical history.
About the Author
Boman Desai grew up in Bombay, but has lived his adult life mostly in Chicago. After studying Architecture and Philosophy, and getting degrees in Psychology and English, he was set to become a market analyst when a chance encounter with Sir Edmund Hillary, his earliest hero, who had an office two floors above his own, brought him back to his vocation: writing novels. He took a number of part-time jobs ranging from bartending to teaching to find time to write. He has published short stories and articles in the US, UK, and India. He won an Illinois Arts Council Award and the Stand Magazine Prize for fiction (an international competition). He has also published four other novels: The Memory of Elephants; Asylum, USA; A Woman Madly in Love; and Servant, Master, Mistress. His website, bomandesai.com, will tell you more about the novels. He may be reached at boman@megsinet.net and is available for readings and attendances at Book Clubs.
Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Fascinating intersections of musical greats
By Amazon Customer
Carefully researched, creatively developed, an intriguing story of the intersecting lives of many great musicians of the time centering on Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Fact and fiction clearly distinguished in the postscript. Description of compositions themselves beautifully presented. A long book well worth the reading.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
an amazing book
By La BugZ
I'd written a review (which I didn't see listed) a few days ago when I gave it four stars but thinking about it some more, it deserves five. There are idiosyncracies in the spelling of names and places and sometimes the language is a little stilted, but overall, it is an amzing achievement and a book I will definitely read again. Obviously, the writer did a great deal of homework AND digested it before he wrote the book. excellent!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
A novel worth reading by those who love classic music
By Rafael Ducos
Trio, a novel about the Schumanns and Brahms, by Boman Desai
This is a novel that any lover of classic music will enjoy. After Beethoven and Schubert opened the era of romanticism, a constellation of talented young musicians followed their path, and produced perhaps the most beautiful music ever written. This novel follows the lives of Clara Wieck, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, but Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt and Wagner are as important in this novel, as fellow musicians of the time, that related to each other socially and professionally. The author uses known reliable information sources through the great deal of correspondence available, at a time when letters were the standard of communication. However, Mr. Desai is careful not to overwhelm the reader with academic information. Instead, he shows us the characters as real individuals, enmeshed in the artistic dilemmas of their times, that oddly enough, appear very similar to the present. The central "Trio" story of Clara, Robert and "Hannes" (for Johannes Brahms) is well known, but it is told as in real time. The beautiful love story of Clara Wieck and Robert Schumann is always a sheer pleasure to revisit. The real life adjustments for a talented woman, the foremost pianist of her time, married to a musical genius in the 19th century appears very similar as the conflict that "career" women face today. Her struggles for independence from her domineering father are also well known and are described in a very entertaining fashion by Mr. Desai. The conflict between those musicians who wanted to compose as they felt it versus those who were only pampering to their contemporary audience is made very clear, and sounds eerily familiar with present times. Also the conflict between the proponents of the "new music", as proposed by Wagner, and those who believed in following the steps of Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart, are also shown in a day to day "conversational way", that makes it very entertaining and didactic for those of us who are not experts on the subject.
The reading of Trio was an extremely enjoyably experience. I wish the follow up is coming soon, to show us more of the lives and times of Brahms and Wagner with their genius in full bloom and their divergent approaches to the art of music, a conflict probably alive today.
rafducos@bellsouth.net
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