Robert Schumann Flashcards
Where and when was Schumann born?
1810 in Zwickau Germany
What two things happened when Robert was 18?
He met author Heinrich Heine
Went to law school to please his mother
Who was Schumann’s teacher in Leipzig and what happened when Robert moved there?
He studied with famous pianist Friedrich Wieck in Leipzig, his future wife Clara was Friedrich’s daughter
In the same year (1830) he also composed his Op. 1 Abegg Variations for piano
What is the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik
the New Journal of Music, a newspaper co-founded with Friedrich Weick
Describe Schumann’s famous year of song
- 1840
- Robert and Clara successfully married against the will of her father
- Schumann composed over 150 songs
- was awarded a doctorate in Philosophy
How did Schumann endorse Brahms
-his final article highly praised Brahms ability and launched his career
Describe Schumann’s decline of mental health
- mental health challenges persisted and caused tension
- he attempted suicide by jumping off a bridge
- was admitted to an isolated asylum for his final days
how did Schumann embody the spirit of romanticism?
- intensely subjective viewpoint
- heightened emotionalism
- sense of pathos
Many would say that Schumann made masterly use of…
-syncopation, hemiola, cross-rhythms
how did Schumann use formal structure
- experimental
- often generated by the content
unlike many piano composers of his time, Schumann did not _____________
embrace virtuosity for its own sake
name three lieder song cycles by Schubert
-Dichterliebe, Frauenliebe und LEben, Liederkreis
name two piano collections by Schubert
Abegg Variations, Scenes from Childhood
name Schumann’s only opera
Genoveva
