Schumann, Robert (Alexander)
Schumann, Robert (Alexander), great German composer of surpassing imaginative power whose music expressed the deepest spirit of the Romantic era, husband of Clara (Josephine) Schumann (née Wieck ); b. Zwickau, June 8, ; d. Endenich, near Bonn, July 29, He was the fifth and youngest child of a Saxon bookseller, who encouraged his musical inclinations. At about the age of 7, he began taking piano lessons from J.G. Kuntzsch, organist at the Zwickau Marienkirche. In he enrolled at the Univ. of Leipzig as Studiosus juris, although he gave more attention to philosophical lectures than to law. In Leipzig he became a piano student of Friedrich Wieck, his future father-in-law. In he went to Heidelberg, where he applied himself seriously to music. In he returned to Leipzig and lodged in Wieck’s home. He also took a course in composition with Heinrich Dorn. His family life was unhappy; his father died at the age of 53 of a nervous disease not distinctly diagnosed, and his sister Emily at the age of 19, most likely a suicide. Of his 3 brothers, only one reached late middle age. Schumann became absorbed in the Romantic malaise of Weltschmerz; his idols
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann,[1] sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann,[2] (8&#;June &#;– 29&#;July ) was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic.
Schumann's intention was to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist, having been assured by his teacher, Friedrich Wieck, that he could become the finest pianist in Europe after only a few years of study with him. However, when a hand injury prevented those hopes from being realized, he decided to focus his musical energies on composition.
Schumann's published compositions were written exclusively for the piano until ; he later composed works for piano and orchestra; many lieder (songs for voice and piano); four symphonies; an opera; and other orchestral, choral, and chamber works. His writings about music appeared mostly in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik ("New Journal for Music"), a Leipzig-based publication that he jointly founded.
In , after a long and acrimonious legal battle with his piano instructor (Wieck), Schumann married Wieck's daughter, pianist Clara Wieck, who also composed music and had a considerable concert career.
For the last two years of his life, after an
Robert Alexander Schumann was born in the small riverside town of Zwickau, Saxony, in The youngest of five children, Robert Schumann was brought up in comfortable, middle-class respectability. As a child, he apparently exhibited no remarkable abilities. At the age of six, Robert was sent to the local preparatory school, run by Archdeacon Dohner. He had in fact already begun his education, with the young tutor who gave lessons in exchange for board and lodging at the Schumann home.
At the age of seven Robert received his first piano lessons, from Johann Gottfried Kuntzsch, organist at St. Mary&#;s Church, and schoolmaster at the Zwickau Lyceum. Kuntzsch was a kindly, conservative musician of limited abilities; his knowledge stemmed from leisure-time study. Nevertheless, Robert was soon improvising, and even composing a set of dances for the piano. Robert&#;s musical talent was recognized by his father. He bought an expensive Streicher grand piano for his son, and soon four-handed arrangements of the classics were heard in the Schumann home. With a friend named Friedrich Piltzing, another pupil of Kuntzch&#;s, Robert started to explore Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. As a child, Sc
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann , na íntegra Robert Alexander Schumann , (nascido em 8 de junho de , Zwickau, Saxônia [Alemanha] - falecido em 29 de julho de , Endenich, próximo Bonn , Prússia [Alemanha]), compositor romântico alemão conhecido principalmente por sua música para piano, canções (lieder) e música orquestral. Muitas de suas peças para piano mais conhecidas foram escritas para sua esposa, a pianista Clara Schumann.
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Por que Robert Schumann é importante?
Robert Schumann foi um compositor romântico alemão conhecido principalmente por sua música para piano, lieder (canções) e música orquestral. Muitas de suas peças para piano mais conhecidas foram escritas para sua esposa, a pianista Clara Schumann.
Por que Robert Schumann é famoso?
A obra mais característica de Robert Schumann é introvertida e tende a registrar momentos precisos e seus estados de espírito. Mas o outro lado de sua personalidade complexa é evidente na abordagem direta e nos padrões fortemente rítmicos de obras como o Tocata e Quinteto plano . Outras obras notáveis incluídas Sinfonia nº 1 em si bemol maior e Sinfonia Renana .
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