A Case of Self-Expression in Various Arts: Poet, Pianist-Composer and Music Critic Hans Schmidt (1854–1923)
A Case of Self-Expression in Various Arts: Poet, Pianist-Composer and Music Critic Hans Schmidt (1854–1923)

Summary/Abstract: Music criticism has always been a money earner for representatives of various creative professions – writers, composers and performers. An interesting research perspective is the interplay between these different fields in their work: does it reflect any parallels between the aspects of their creative personalities? From this viewpoint, the paper analyses the case of a long-term music reviewer Hans Schmidt who has documented the concert life in Riga, and at the same time, has gained appreciation as a poet, composer and performer – primarily, in the Baltic German cultural space.

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