Violent congestion, inexpressible terror, failure of breath, momentary unconsciousness - these overtake me in quick succession, though I am better than I was, the composer Robert Schumann wrote in a letter to his mother in 1833...
Hannah Kendall, a prominent British composer, found a personal connection to Schumann's mental state while reading his letters, inspiring her upcoming work and highlighting the discussion around artists' well-being today.
Collection
[
|
...
]