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Sep 12, 2022 · Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) was born in Zwickau, Saxony, the fifth and youngest child of the family, on June 8 th , 1810. His father, August Schumann, was a bookseller, publisher and novelist and was highly influential in developing young Robert's admiration for literature. In fact, his time was spent almost equally between music and ...
Robert Schumann Works List. Symphonies Overtures Works for Solo Instrument(s) and Orchestra ... 11 are by Clara Schumann) [1840] 38: Symphony #1 in Bb, "Spring" [1841 ...
Robert Schumann, (born June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Saxony—died July 29, 1856, Endenich, near Bonn, Prussia), German composer. Son of a bookseller, he considered becoming a novelist. Under family pressure he reluctantly entered law school, but he devoted his time to song composition and piano lessons. An injury to one of his fingers put an end to ...
Apr 30, 2023 · Even Hungarian composer Franz Liszt deemed some of Schumann's early works "too difficult for the public to digest," according to "Robert Schumann" by John Daverio. Unfortunately, this view persisted throughout Schumann's life, even from his own publishers, who stated in 1848 that "the market for your compositions is, by and large, rather ...
Jun 8, 2011 · Piano Quartet, Op. 47. Early studies, 1820s: Schumann’s father, a successful translator and book dealer, introduces his son to fine literature. Robert is attracted to both music and literature, and tries his hand at both. He always focuses on the “poetic” qualities of music. College boy, 1828-31: Obedient to the terms of his father’s ...
This is a piano made by piano manufacturer Johann Nepomuk Troendlin. Mr. Troendlin was very well known to Robert and Clara Schumann, and also to Felix Mendelssohn. They really liked his ...
Biography. Robert Schumann (born 1810 in Zwickau, died 1856 in Bonn-Endenich) Robert Schumann was born on June 8th, 1810 as sixth and last child of wealthy parents in Zwickau, where the family moved to few years before from Ronneburg, Thuringia. His father, August Schumann (1773-1826) was a novelist and published trading compendia concerning.
