Schumann, Robert

Cultural  

1. A nineteenth-century German romantic composer (see romanticism). Schumann's best-remembered compositions are his piano pieces, including “Traumerei” and “The Happy Farmer,” and his songs.

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Example Sentences

Eugene Drucker, Roberta Cooper and Beth Levin join forces for piano trios by three composers whose lives and music were inextricably linked: Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

From New York Times

In defence of Schumann Robert Schumann wrote music of extraordinary, visionary beauty.

From The Guardian

On Wednesday, before a chamber program featuring works by and Brahms, Ms. Baksht will talk about the two composers’ friendship and their relationship with Clara Wieck Schumann, Robert Schumann’s wife and a friend to Brahms.

From New York Times

Schumann, Robert, death of, 534.

From Project Gutenberg

Schumann, Robert, 90-107, 169, 237, 240.

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