Robert Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, op. 52 (with additional movement, Childhood Dreams, composed in the style of Schumann by Paul Chihara) One of the cliché criticisms of Robert Schumann is ...

"My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale...I often feel as if I were dead...I seem to be losing my mind." Robert Schumann was 18 years old when he wrote that, trying to describe a state he ...

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When it comes to what moved Robert Schumann to compose exquisite music, he said, "You write to become immortal, or because the piano happens to be open, or you've looked into a pair of beautiful eyes.

Jane Jones introduces the concerto that was saved for posterity by a virtuoso wife! One of the most talked about partnerships in classical music must be that between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck, ...

IN every person’s memory there are niches fixed, and in those niches are sacred persons. These are such as never obtruded themselves upon you, staining the pane through which their light shone with ...

Host Scott Yoo and Dr. Richard Kogan discuss the possibility that Schumann may have had bipolar disorder, as well as the creativity of the composer. How Other Composers Changed Schumann's Work Learn ...

In the currency of creativity, madness has long been regarded as the flip-side of the genius coin. The greatest minds could also be the most unstable. And to the 19th century, no figure exemplified ...