Music · Literature · Scholarship · 1810–1856
Born: 8 June 1810 · Died: 29 July 1856 · Age at death: 46
Robert Schumann died aged 46. He was born on 8 June 1810 and died on 29 July 1856.
German Romantic composer of piano works such as Carnaval and Kinderszenen, an influential critic and husband of Clara Schumann
Did you know?He severely injured his hand using a finger-stretching device, which ended his hopes of becoming a world-class concert pianist.
Robert Schumann was the soul of Romantic music. He trained as a pianist until he injured his hand. He then turned to composing and writing about music. He founded an influential music magazine and championed Chopin and the young Brahms. His piano pieces, songs and symphonies are full of poetry. In 1840, the year he married pianist Clara Wieck, he wrote about 140 songs. He struggled with mental illness and died in an asylum at 46.
Robert Schumann (German:; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber groups, orchestra, choir and the opera.
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German composer, 1810–1856
Robert Schumann was born in Zwickau on 8 June 1810.
He married the pianist Clara Wieck in 1840.
He founded the New Journal for Music in 1834.
His Piano Concerto remains a favourite.
Career highlights
Did you know?He wrote about 140 songs in 1840, his "year of song".
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