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Robert Schumann
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Music of the Romantic Era
Great Composers
Robert Schumann
June 8, 1810-July 29, 1856
Robert Schumann
Difficult life
Life
- Began musical study when he was 7 years old.
- Lost his father and sister at age 16.
- Studied law in Leipzig where he met his future wife.
- Suffered from mental illness.
- Confined in a mental asylum in 1854 .
- Died in 1856.
Important Pianist and Composer
Clara Schumann
Facts:
- Child prodigy.
- Began writing her Piano Concerto in A Minor Op.7 when she was 14.
- Maintained a career as a pianist.
- Adept performer.
- Had 7 children.
- Robert Schumann's wife.
Song Cycle
Related songs that combine to form one musical group or idea.
Schumann's song cycles
Schumann's Most Famous Song Cycle
1
Dichterliebe
"The Poet's Love"
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Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne
"The rose, the lily, the dove, the sun."
Theme of lost love
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Small Scale vs. Large Scale
Music
Small Scale
- Piano pieces
- Lieder
Large Scale
- Opera
- Symphonies
- Piano concertos
Tells a story
- Often not with words
- With music
Programmatic
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