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
Avers Rhine "Reno di Lei", which flows almost entirely on Italian soil. The "Lago di Lei" reservoir is also on Italian soil, except for the dam which creates it, which was erected on Swiss territory. The Avers Rhine continues its way through the Val Ferrera valley, which contains two populated places. The upper village is Innerferrera (), where the river is dammed, forming the Innerferrera reservoir since 1961. Below Ausserferrera (), the glacial valley is flanked by steep rocky slopes. The Avers Rhine then flows into the Hinterrhein in the Rofla Gorge above Andeer. The road in the Ferrera valley is a