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Robert Schumann

German Romantic composer, pianist, and music critic.

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Robert Schumann

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Robert Schumann was born in Zwickau, Kingdom of Saxony, on 8 June 1810, the fifth and last child of August and Johanna Christiane Schumann.[1] He is recognized as a great German composer of the Romantic era, known for his piano music and songs.[2]

Life and work

Schumann's father was a bookseller and publisher who encouraged his son's literary and musical interests.[3][4] At age seven he began piano lessons with local organist Johann Gottfried Kuntsch.[5] After his father's death in 1826, his mother persuaded him to study law at Leipzig University.[6] He moved to Heidelberg University in 1829 but decided to pursue music instead of law.[7][8]

A hand injury ended his pianistic ambitions, and he shifted focus to composition.[9] In 1834 he co-founded the Neue Leipziger Zeitschrift für Musik, becoming its sole editor in 1835.[10] During 1840 he produced more than half his total output of Lieder, including Dichterliebe and Frauenliebe und Leben.[11][12]

What the cited sources add

Guest contributor Conor Browne notes that Schumann is most likely known for his numerous lieder.[13] Browne states that Schumann first came across Thomas Moore's poem in the early 1840s.[13] According to Browne, Schumann began sustained composition of Das Paradies und die Peri in early 1843.[13] Browne reports that the oratorio premiered in Leipzig on 4 December 1843 and was a rousing success.[13]

Browne adds that the Peri premiered in England in June 1856 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.[13] The Open Library record for ISBN 9780253058263 lists "Becoming Clara Schumann" as a 2021 publication from Indiana University Press.[14]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Perrey, Schumann's lives, p. 6; Dowley, p. 7 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Slonimsky and Kuhn, p. 3234; Slonimsky and Kuhn, p. 3236 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Daverio and Sams, p. 760; Daverio and Sams, p. 760; Perrey, Schumann's lives, p. 6 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Geck, p. 49; Hall, p. 1125; Hall, p. 1125; Chissell, p. 4 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chissell, p. 3; Geck, p. 8; Hall, p. 1125; Perrey, Schumann's lives, p. 6 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Daverio and Sams, p. 761; Chissell, p. 16; Hall, p. 1125; Hall, p. 1125; Jensen, p. 22 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dowley, p. 27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Daverio and Sams, p. 761; Taylor, p. 58; "Robert Schumann. Born June 8, 1810. Died July 29, 1856", The Musical Times, vol. 51, no. 809 (1 July 1910), p. 426 (425–428); Jensen, p. 34 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ostwald, pp. 23 and 25; Slonimsky and Kuhn, pp. 3234–3235; Slonimsky and Kuhn, pp. 3234–3235 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Daverio and Sams, p. 766; Hall, p. 1126; Hall, p. 1126 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hall, p. 1126 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Robert Schumann" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Daverio, p. 191 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Browne Conor. "Robert Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri and its early performances" , Thomas Moore in Europe, Queen's University Belfast, 31 May 2017; and "P. facts only, no text reused. blogs.qub.ac.uk
  14. Open Library record, ISBN 9780253058263 ("Becoming Clara Schumann"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

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