Talk:Symphony No. 3 (Schumann)

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Ummm... has anyone read this article? Whoever wrote it was definitely not a Schumann scholar to say the very least. Why are the tempi for each movement listed in French? And what does this nugget of mis-informantion mean: "Schumann composed it in 1850 while he was going through a depression. This may be why the second movement is in C major." Huh? I always thought the Rhenish was one of his most buoyantly optimistic works. Oh god, my head hurts... Anyway, I'm going to redo this article from top to bottom. Enjoy! El Chileno Chido 04:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Hrm. The material at this site is interesting; and biographical information surrounding contemporary works- the cello concerto and the first violin sonata- may also inform interpretation of the symphony... for while the original author as you describe the person, I agree, is wrong- "buoyantly optimistic"- ok, my opinion- does nothing to describe that fourth movement (which I think influenced Brahms, eg the Adagio mesto of the horn trio?), or parts of the others. Schissel | Sound the Note! 17:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)