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The ��Davidsbund�� �� a group of artists who had joined forces in a revolutionary struggle against the backward structures in the artistic world, amongst whose members he counted both real and imaginary people �� only existed in Schumann��s imagination. He published the first edition of his ��Davidst��nze�� under the pseudonym ��Florestan and Eusebius�� �� the two characters that represented contrasting (impetuous and gentle) aspects of his own self. Clara Wieck, to whom he unsuccessfully proposed several times whilst writing it, is also represented; ��more than anything�� he dedicated these dances to her. These short, extremely diverse tone pictures afford us an intimate insight into Schumann��s emotional state at the time.