The life of Robert Schumann
Robert Alexander Schumann on June 8, 1810. He was born in Zuickau, Saxony. His parents were August Schumann and Johanna Christiane Schnabel. He was the youngest of five children. Robert's father was a novelist who sold and published many books. His childhood was mostly centered around music and literature because of his father's love for the two
Robert began studying and playing the piano at a very young age. He was mostly inspired as a child by two people, an Australian composer Franz Schubert and a German poet known as Jean Paul Richter. When Robert was 10 years after spending four years going to private school, he was enrolled into the Zwichau Gymnasium which was a high school. During his time in the school, he learned Latin and Greek, and he developed a love of writing. All through his schooling he wrote novels and worked on his development as a pianist. When Robert was sixteen years old his sister committed suicide and his father passed away all within 30 days of each other. In his father's will it stated that for Robert to inherit what his father left him he must attend a three-year course of education at a University level. So, when Robert completed high school at the age of 18, he enrolled at the University of Leipzig as a law student.
He soon became a piano student of a man named Friedrich Weick, little did he know this would eventually become his father in law as Robert would later marry Weicks daughter Clara who was nine years younger than him. During the summer of 1829 Robert decided to leave law school to attend Heidelberg. He began to compose and suffered an accident on his right hand and his middle finger was damaged. This injury put a stop to his dream of a career as a virtuoso. This comfined him to composition. Schumann became engaged to Ernestine Von Frickin in 1834. Their engagement was broken off on January 1, 1836 because he had fallen in love with 16-year-old Clara. Clara's father did not approve of their romantic realationship and when Schumann asked for her hand in marriage he refused. They were married on September 12,1840 they had to wait foe Clara to be 21 because that was the legal age for marriage and she no longer needed her father's consent. The few years after he married Clara were some of his best years musically.
Robert Alexander Schumann on June 8, 1810. He was born in Zuickau, Saxony. His parents were August Schumann and Johanna Christiane Schnabel. He was the youngest of five children. Robert's father was a novelist who sold and published many books. His childhood was mostly centered around music and literature because of his father's love for the two
Robert began studying and playing the piano at a very young age. He was mostly inspired as a child by two people, an Australian composer Franz Schubert and a German poet known as Jean Paul Richter. When Robert was 10 years after spending four years going to private school, he was enrolled into the Zwichau Gymnasium which was a high school. During his time in the school, he learned Latin and Greek, and he developed a love of writing. All through his schooling he wrote novels and worked on his development as a pianist. When Robert was sixteen years old his sister committed suicide and his father passed away all within 30 days of each other. In his father's will it stated that for Robert to inherit what his father left him he must attend a three-year course of education at a University level. So, when Robert completed high school at the age of 18, he enrolled at the University of Leipzig as a law student.
He soon became a piano student of a man named Friedrich Weick, little did he know this would eventually become his father in law as Robert would later marry Weicks daughter Clara who was nine years younger than him. During the summer of 1829 Robert decided to leave law school to attend Heidelberg. He began to compose and suffered an accident on his right hand and his middle finger was damaged. This injury put a stop to his dream of a career as a virtuoso. This comfined him to composition. Schumann became engaged to Ernestine Von Frickin in 1834. Their engagement was broken off on January 1, 1836 because he had fallen in love with 16-year-old Clara. Clara's father did not approve of their romantic realationship and when Schumann asked for her hand in marriage he refused. They were married on September 12,1840 they had to wait foe Clara to be 21 because that was the legal age for marriage and she no longer needed her father's consent. The few years after he married Clara were some of his best years musically.
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