John Daverio unfortunate irony in the manner of Daverio's death, as Robert Schumann attempted suicide in 1854 by throwing himself into the Rhine river, and Daverio was among the world's leading Schumann scholars. His major works include "Nineteenth-Century Music and the German Romantic Ideology" (1993), "Robert Schumann: Herald of a New Poetic Age" (1997), and "Crossing Paths: Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms" (2002). John Daverio John Joseph Daverio (October 19, 1954 – March 16, 2003) was a violinist, scholar, teacher and author, best known for his writings on the music of Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Daverio was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, the
Rhine below the Rheinwaldhorn. The source of the river is generally considered north of "Lai da Tuma/Tomasee" on "Rein Anteriur/Vorderrhein", although its southern tributary "Rein da Medel" is actually longer before its confluence with the Anterior Rhine near Disentis. The Anterior Rhine arises from numerous source streams in the upper Surselva and flows in an easterly direction. One source is "Lai da Tuma" () with the "Rein da Tuma", which is usually indicated as source of the Rhine, flowing through it. Into it flow tributaries from the south, some longer, some equal in length, such as the "Rein da Medel", the