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Robert Schumann was a German composer and pianist born in 1810 in Saxony. He showed musical talent as a child but studied law before dedicating himself to music. He had a relationship with and later married Clara Wieck against her father's wishes. Schumann pursued a career as a composer, music critic, and publisher, writing in a Romantic style that expressed emotion freely. In his later years, he experienced mental illness and hallucinations before committing himself to an asylum, where he died in 1856.

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Schumann

Robert Schumann was a German composer and pianist born in 1810 in Saxony. He showed musical talent as a child but studied law before dedicating himself to music. He had a relationship with and later married Clara Wieck against her father's wishes. Schumann pursued a career as a composer, music critic, and publisher, writing in a Romantic style that expressed emotion freely. In his later years, he experienced mental illness and hallucinations before committing himself to an asylum, where he died in 1856.

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Robert Schumann

1810 - 1856

Romantic Period
Expressiveness more important than
form & order
Expressed emotion with little restraint
Describes things like nature, a scene or a
feeling
Music given specific titles instead of
being named by the form
Growing use of folk music

Schumann
1810 - Born in Saxony
(now part of Germany)
Accomplished pianist as a boy
1828 Entered law school, but
never went to class. Instead spent
his time in musical, social &
literary activities

Schumann
1829 Began piano lessons with
Friedrich Wieck to become concert
pianist; quit to attend Heidelberg
University
1830 Lived with Wieck
1832 Began to have trouble with his
hand, made a contraption to strengthen
fingers, but it actually crippled them
1835 Met Mendehlssohn

Schumann
Developed relationship
with Clara Wieck, his
teacher's daughter
Mr. Wieck did not
approve
Went to court to seek
permission to marry
Clara

Schumann
Was nearsighted & afraid of heights
Was a music critic
Established his own music journal
Wrote under 2 pen names Florestan
& Eusebius
Lines between reality & fantasy
blurred because he dedicated 2 of the
movements of Carnaval to Florestan &
Eusebuis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMZi29dagGo

Schumann
Toward end of life, heard strange voices
Said the spirits of Schubert &
Mendelssohn came to him to dictate
musical themes.
Sometimes he thought he was being
pursued by tigers & hyenas.
Attempted suicide
Voluntarily committed to an asylum.

Schumanns Music
Wrote lieder, piano music, orchestral
music, chamber music, 1 opera, some
choral music
Piano Concerto in A Minor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ND1J8Bc7RY

Reminder Romantic music expressed


emotion with little restraint & described
things like nature, a scene or a feeling

Comparing Schubert &


Schumann

Comparing Schubert &


Schumann
Austria
Schubert born in ________
Germany
Schumann born in _________
lieder
Both wrote _______
piano
Both played the ________
Schubert was not well known;
Schumann was a music critic &
established his own music journal
Both wrote music that fits into the
Romantic Period
__________

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