Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was a German composer of Romantic music, particularly piano and orchestral works, as well as over 250 songs or lieder. He was also a musical critic and founded his own magazine. His wife Clara Schumann (1819-1896), a concert pianist and composer of renown in her own right, inspired Robert to attempt larger-scale works such as symphonies.
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1810 - 1856Life of the German composer Robert Schumann.
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8 Jun 1810Robert Schumann is born in Zwickau, Saxony.
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1828Robert Schumann studies law at the University of Leipzig.
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1829Robert Schumann studies law at the University of Heidelberg.
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1832Robert Schumann's Papillons (Butterflies) for piano is published.
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1834Robert Schumann founds the music magazine Neue Leipziger Zeitschrift für Musik.
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1834Robert Schumann suffers a nervous breakdown.
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1835Robert Schumann's Carnaval, a set of piano pieces, is published.
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1837Robert Schumann becomes engaged to Clara Wieck.
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1837Robert Schumann's Dances of the League of David piano pieces are published.
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1839In Vienna, Robert Schumann rediscovers Franz Schubert's lost Ninth Symphony.
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1840Robert Schumann's Woman’s Love and Life (Frauenliebe und -leben) song cycle is published.
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12 Sep 1840Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck.
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1841Robert Schumann composes prolifically, including his Love’s Spring (Liebesfrühling) song cycle, Symphony No. 1 Spring, and Piano Concerto.
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1842Robert Schumann takes up a teaching position at the Leipzig Conservatory.
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1842Robert Schumann composes his Piano Concerto and Quintet and Quartet for Piano and Strings.
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1844Robert and Clara Schumann move to Dresden.
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1848Robert Schumann founds the Choral Union in Dresden.
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1850Robert Schumann is appointed the municipal musical director in Düsseldorf.
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1850Robert Schumann's opera Genoveva is first performed.
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1850Robert Schumann composes his Symphony No. 3 Rhenish.
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1853Robert Schumann composes his Violin Concerto.
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1854Robert Schumann suffers a nervous breakdown and begins to suffer from hallucinations.
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29 Jul 1856The composer Robert Schumann dies in an asylum in Endenich near Bonn.
