CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD AND NEW PATHS -- PART I: Schumann's One and Only Schubert -- 1. SCHUMANN AND SCUBERT'S "IMMORTAL" PIANO TRIO IN E FLAT, D. 929 -- 2. THE GESTUS OF REMEMBERING: SCHUMANN'S CRITIQUE OF SCHUBERT'S IMPROMPTUS, D. 935 -- PART II: Uttering "Clara" in Tones -- 3. SCHUMANN: CRYPTOGHAPHER OR PICTOGRAPHER? -- 4. BRAHMS'S MUSICAL CIPHERS: ACTS OF HOMAGE AND GESTURES OF EFFACEMENT -- 5. THE FOLDED FAN -- PART III: A Noble Model -- 6. TRANSCENDENTAL CHESS GAMES -- 7. BRAHMS, THE SCHUMANN CIRCLE, AND THE STYLE HONGROIS: CONTEXTS FOR THE "DOUBLE" CONCERTO, OP. 102 -- EPILOGUE: CROSSING PATHS AND MODES OF EXPERIANCE -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.