Robert Schumann Flashcards
What era is Robert Schumann from?
The Romantic era.
Where was R. Schumann from?
Germany
Robert Schumann was a composer of romantic music in many forms. What were some of them?
Piano pieces, orchestral music, and lieder.
What occupation did his father have?
His father was a bookseller and publisher.
At Leipzig, what did R. Schumann study?
He studied law.
Who did he study piano with?
Friedrich Wieck
Who was Wieck’s nine-year-old daughter and what did she advertise for her father?
His daughter was Clara and she advertised her father’s teaching abilities.
What did R. Schumann do to keep his fourth finger straight?
He invented a mechanical device to keep his fourth finger straight.
What did R. Schumann’s mechanical device do to him?
It crippled his right hand.
Since he liked children what kind of music did he write for them? (the answer isn’t nursery rhymes.)
He wrote some of the best music for children learning to play the piano.
Even though he loved his wife, Clara, how did he often feel towards her musical abilities?
Robert was jealous of his talented and beautiful wife.
Even though Clara had eight children, what did she still find time to do?
Clara still learned hundreds of piano works and became the first pianist to play an entire concert by memory.
In the winter of 1842-1843 what happened to Robert?
He had a breakdown.
What happened to him in February of 1854?
He started hearing music in his head.
On Feb. 27, 1854, what did he do to himself?
He escaped his guards and threw himself into the Rhine river.
