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  2. May 15, 2024 · Robert Schumann (born June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Saxony [Germany]—died July 29, 1856, Endenich, near Bonn, Prussia [Germany]) was a German Romantic composer renowned particularly for his piano music, songs (lieder), and orchestral music. Many of his best-known piano pieces were written for his wife, the pianist Clara Schumann.

  3. Biography. Robert Schumann (18101856) was a German romantic composer and influential music critic. Although Schumann was no child prodigy, he went on to become one of the most important composers of the 19th century and is recognised as such 200 years after his birth. View more.

  4. Robert Schumann. As a composer Schumann was first and most naturally a miniaturist. Until after his marriage the great bulk of his work—including that by which he is best known—consisted of short piano pieces and songs, two genres so closely related in his case as to be hardly more than two facets of the same.

  5. Robert Schumann was a true Romantic. The originality of his work pushed at emotional, structural and philosophical boundaries. As a young man, he fought to marry the pianist he had fallen in love with, finally taking his future father-in-law to court, and championed the work of other composers.

  6. Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856), a German composer and pianist, was one of the most important Romantic composers of the first half of the nineteenth century, as well as a highly regarded music critic. An intellectual and an aesthete, his music reflects the deeply personal nature of Romanticism.

  7. Jun 8, 2010 · June 8, 201012:00 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. Hear Schumann's Music. Enlarge this image. Robert Schumann was born 200 years ago. His muse and inspiration was one...

  8. Robert Schumann, a luminary in the world of music, was born on June 8, 1810, in Zwickau, Germany. His journey through life was one punctuated with the highs of creative genius and the lows of mental strife. As a composer, he was a key figure in the Romantic era, and his influence can still be felt in today’s musical landscape.

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