Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured by his teacher Friedrich Wieck that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing.

Schumann's published compositions were written exclusively for the piano until 1840; he later composed works for piano and orchestra; many Lieder (songs for voice and piano); four symphonies; an opera; and other orchestral, choral, and chamber works. Works such as Carnaval, Symphonic Studies, Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, and the Fantasie in C are among his most famous. His writings about music appeared mostly in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (New Journal for Music), a Leipzig-based publication which he jointly founded.

In 1840, Schumann married Friedrich Wieck's daughter Clara, against the wishes of her father, following a long and acrimonious legal battle, which found in favor of Clara and Robert. Clara also composed music and had a considerable concert career as a pianist, the earnings from which, before her marriage, formed a substantial part of her father's fortune.

Schumann suffered from a mental disorder, first manifesting itself in 1833 as a severe melancholic depressive episode, which recurred several times alternating with phases of 'exaltation' and increasingly also delusional ideas of being poisoned or threatened with metallic items. After a suicide attempt in 1854, Schumann was admitted to a mental asylum, at his own request, in Endenich near Bonn. Diagnosed with "psychotic melancholia", Schumann died two years later in 1856 without having recovered from his mental illness.

Robert Schumann is known for work in sound across film and television. New Release currently presents 24 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Fanny and Alexander (1982), Ludwig (1973), Lang Lang at Carnegie Hall - Concert Great moments in music (2003), David Garrett - Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro Antico (2023), Europiano (2/2) - The finest piano concertos from across Europe (2026), La Folle Journée de Nantes 2026 (2026), Robert Schumann : Le paradis et la péri @ La Seine musicale (2025), Robert Schumann: Paradise and the Peri @ Hamburg Opera House (2025). The recorded credits span 1973 to 2026, including 24 movies and 0 TV shows.

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