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Robert Schumann
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Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic associated with the early Romantic era. He composed works across a wide range of genres, including music for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ensembles, orchestra, choir, and opera. His compositions are often viewed as representative of German Romanticism. Born in Zwickau, Saxony, into a middle-class family with no direct musical background, Schumann initially considered careers in both law and music. He studied law at the universities of Leipzig and Heidelberg, though his main interests lay in music and Romantic literature. From 1829, he studied piano under Friedrich Wieck, but a hand injury curtailed his plans to become a concert pianist. As a result, he turned his focus to composition. His early output consisted mainly of piano works, including "Carnaval", "Davidsbündlertänze", "Fantasiestücke", "Kreisleriana", and "Kinderszenen", composed between 1834 and 1838. In 1834, he co-founded the "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik" and edited it for a decade. In his writings and compositions, he often expressed contrasting aspects of his personality, which he referred to as "Florestan" and "Eusebius". In 1840, despite opposition from Friedrich Wieck, Schumann married Wieck’s daughter, Clara, who was a distinguished pianist and composer. That year marked a surge in Schumann's compositional output, particularly in the area of Lieder. Notable works from this period include "Frauenliebe und Le
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Carnaval, Op. 9: No. 12. Chopin
153,1342Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7 in F Major, Träumerei
116,2393Traumerei
98,9764Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 7. Träumerei
89,4955Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
86,8546Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
75,7507Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Träumerei (Arr. Lewin for Guitar)
75,1198Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei
69,5829VI. Sehr langsam
66,62710Trumerei
64,386albums
Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana
Schumann: Carnaval, Davidsbündlertänze & Papillons
Schumann: Kinderszenen; Arabesque; Fantasie; Träumerei
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 / SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen (Schnabel) (1935, 1947)
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Träumerei (Arr. Lewin for Guitar)
SCHUMANN, R.: Kreisleriana / Faschingsschwank aus Wien
SCHUMANN, R.: Davidsbundlertanze, Op. 6 / Fantasiestucke Op. 12
Dreams of Classics
Schumann: Piano Concerto, Kinderszenen - Franck: Symphonic Variations
Schumann: Kreisleriana; Kinderszenen; Fantasiestücke
SCHUMANN, R.: Symphonic Etudes / Albumblatter / Arabesque
SCHUMANN, R.: Piano Concerto in A Minor / Introduction and Allegro, Op. 92 and Op. 134