Born: 8 June 1810; Zwickau, Germany
Died: 29 July 1856; Endenich, Bonn,
Germany
Occupation: Pianist, Composer, Music
Critic
Spouse: Clara Schumann
Robert Schumann was a German
composer, pianist and music critic who was born on June 8, 1810 and died on
July 29, 1856. He is considered one of the greatest composers of the Romantic
era.
Schumann's birth house
Schumann abandoned the study of law
to pursue a career as a pianist, and studied piano by becoming a pupil of a German
pianist “Friedrich Wieck.” Knowing Schumann's outstanding musical talent, his
teacher, Wieck became convinced that Schumann can be the best pianist in
Europe. However, as Schumann injured his finger and was unable to play the
piano any more due to his excessive practice, he gave up pianist's dream and
devoted himself to composing.
Friedrich Wieck
In 1840, Schumann, who won a long
and harsh legal battle with Wieck, who opposed the marriage of his daughter
Clara with him, married her. After marriage, Clara, a pianist and music
prodigy, accompanied Schumann as a lifelong music companion. The two also had
close relationship with German
composer Johannes Brahms.
Clara Wieck
Until 1840, Schumann composed only
works for the piano, and later composed piano and orchestral works, and many
Lieder. His most famous works include ‘Carnaval’, ‘Symphonic Studies’, ‘Kinderszenen’,
‘Kreisleriana’, and ‘the Fantasie in C.’
In 1833, Schumann, who first showed
symptoms of psychosis, voluntarily admitted to a mental asylum in Endenich near
Bonn, after attempting suicide in 1854. Schumann, who was diagnosed with mental
depression in the hospital, died of pneumonia two years later at the age of 46,
without recovering from his mental illness.
Grave of Robert and Clara Schumann, Bonn
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Robert and Clara Schumann
Robert Schumann monument, Zwickau, Germany
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