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Robert Schumann, a widely-loved German composer of the Romantic era
His works included collections of piano pieces, Carnaval and Kreisleriana, four symphonies (including the Spring and the Rhenish Symphonies), three string quartets, his Piano Concerto in A Minor, and songs (Lieder) including the his Dichterlieder (Songs of a Poet) cycle.
Schumann's piano pieces were spontaneous, lyrical, nostalgic, lyrical, and melancholic. His songs were profoundly expressive.
His musical style was influence by Bach, Schubert and Beethoven. He was also inspired by the writings of the German poets Hoffmann and Jean Paul Richter.
Schumann was a respected music critic who encouraged the appreciation of the works of other composers such as Brahms and Chopin.
Robert Schumann's wife, Clara Schumann (nee Wieck), was herself a famous pianist and was also a great interpreter of her husband's work.
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54. (Robert Schumann)
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What a Masterpiece, What Despair!
"What a masterpiece, but what despair! It's enough to make you long for death."
-- Georges Bizet (speaking of Schumann's Manfred); quoted in Dean, Bizet (1975)
Schumann - "Spring" Symphony, Finale - Guillermo García
Robert Schumann, 1839
Schumann - Träumerei (Dreaming)
Pianist: Vladimir Horowitz
Robert Schumann: Herald of a "New Poetic Age"
Robert Schumann: Herald of a "New Poetic Age"
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This biography is a superb survey of Schumann's life and works. Those of us who adore Schumann's music have found a great musicologist and champion in John Daverio. His insight into German Romantic music was already made stunningly clear in his previous book on 19th Century music and German Romantic Ideology. Now this book concentrates on the arch-Romantic composer who synthesized the old and the new to create a "New Way" for music. While being deeply analytical when necessary, particularly in regard to the musical works themselves, Daverio writes in a very accessible style which brings his subject quite vividly to life. And Daverio's concluding remarks are timely, beautiful and extremely touching. Just a wonderful book in every respect.
Music of Robert Schumann on CD
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Schumann - Kreisleriana, Op. 16 ( Sehr rasch )
Pianist: Vladimir Horowitz
Program Notes on Famous Robert Schumann Works
- Symphony No. 1, in B Flat. Op. 38 ("Spring Symphony") (Robert Schumann)
- Schumann's First Symphony, in B Flat, was written in 1841, and was first performed at the Leipzig Gewandhaus concerts, under Mendelssohn's direction, March 31 of that year. According to Hanslick, Schumann himself characterized it as the "Spring Symphony."
CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO READ FULL NOTES ON THIS WORK - Symphony No. 3 ("Rhenish"), in E Flat. Op. 97 (Robert Schumann)
- The Symphony in E flat, though numbered the Third, was the Fourth in order to composition, and is familiarly known as "The Rhenish," the title being derived from the impressions of life in the Rhineland made upon the composer.
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Schumann Memorial in his Birthplace, Zwickau, Germany (Photo: Sir James)
Interesting Internet Resources on Robert Schumann
- Robert Schumann: Through the Eyes of a Child
- Humanities Web presentation on the life and music of Robert Schumann.
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- Life and work of Robert Schumann.
Music from Schumann's Song Cycle, Mondnacht (Moon Night)
Schumann - Dichterliebe (Songs of a Poet), op. 48
"Im wunderschonen Monat Mai" (In the Wonderful Month of May); etc.
Schumann: Dichterliebe, op. 48: Im Wunder Schonen Monat Mai
Dichterliebe, op. 48 by Schumann: Im Wunder Schonen Monat Mai, Aus meinen Tränen spriessen, Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne Recorded by Matias Mariani and Valerie MacPhail in 2007
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Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17 (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17 (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
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Schumann's Fantasie, Op. 17 is one of the finest examples of Romantic piano music. In a rounded picture of this major keyboard work, Nicholas Marston first traces the fascinating history of its composition, drawing on many of Schumann's letters to Clara Wieck and to his publisher, and examining the few surviving sketches: To whom was the work really dedicated? Was the celebrated opening movement perhaps intended as an independent composition? Schumann's own critical writings provide vital insights into his ideas on genre and the relationship between the Fantasie and the many generic and descriptive titles that the composer gave the work before publication. Every aspect of the work is covered, providing the performer, the listener or the student with an understanding not only of the Fantasie, but of Schumann himself as a composer.
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