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Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856)

He was a German composer and critic for the New journal of music and was married in 1840 against his father’s wishes. He was a composer who went through periods of depression and was institutionalized after a major breakdown.  Schumann Died at 46 and is known as one of the greatest composers of the romantic era. 

 

Works:

 

• Op. 1, Variations on the name "Abegg" (1830)

• Op. 2, Papillons (1829–1831)

• Op. 3, Etudes After Paganini Caprices (1832)

• Op. 4, Intermezzi (1832)

• Op. 5, Impromptus [on a Theme by Clara Wieck] (1833)

• Op. 6, Davidsbündlertänze (1837)

• Op. 7, Toccata in C major (1832

 

• Op. 24, Liederkreis (Heine), nine songs (1840)

• Op. 25, Myrthen, twenty-six songs (4 books) (1840)

• Op. 27, Lieder und Gesänge volume I (5 songs) (1840)

• Op. 29, 3 Gedichte (1840)

• Op. 30, 3 Gedichte (1840)

• Op. 31, 3 Gesänge (1840)

• Op. 33, 6 Lieder (part songs for men's voices with piano ad lib) (1840)

• Op. 34, 4 Duets (soprano and tenor with piano) (1840)

• Op. 35, 12 Gedichte (1840)

• Op. 36, 6 Gedichte (1840)

• Op. 37, Gedichte aus "Liebesfrühling" (12 songs, of which numbers 2, 4 and 11 are by Clara Schumann) (1840)

• Op. 39, Liederkreis (Eichendorff), twelve songs (1840)

• Op. 40, 5 Lieder (1840)

• Op. 38, Symphony No. 1 in B flat, Spring (1841)

• Op. 52, Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E (1841)

• Op. 61, Symphony No. 2 in C (1845–46)

• Op. 97, Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Rhenish (1850)

• Op. 100, The Bride of Messina overture (1850–51)

• Op. 120, Symphony No. 4 in D minor (1841; revised in 1851)

• Op. 128, Julius Caesar overture (1851)

• Op. 136, Hermann und Dorothea overture (1851)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KifMpSpGMjQ

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmEPGauhyWQ

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7xUdLUk3to

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PdiPWy_VB0