Fairy Tale Images

A poetic narrative about the dream and longing for ideal art The protagonist is a 19yearold musical genius Joachim modeled probably after F Schubert or R Schumann A creator inhabiting the borderline between reality and madness or perhaps genius A man who steers his fate or perhaps merely follows the glamor and darkness of women such as Clara Wieck Schumanns wife Mozarts Constance or mysterious Rosamund encountered along the way Music of the great Romantics provides the backdrop for the story Mozarts Quintet in Amajor Schuberts Arpeggione Sonata and Schumanns eponymous Märchenbilder