Robert Schumann
Born: 8th June 1810, Zwickau
Died: 29th July 1856, Endenich
Nationality: German
Robert Schumann was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber groups, orchestra, choir and the opera. His works typify the spirit of the Romantic era in German music.
Schumann was born in Zwickau, Saxony, to an affluent middle-class family with no musical connections, and was initially unsure whether to pursue a career as a lawyer or to make a living as a pianist-composer. He studied law at the universities of Leipzig and Heidelberg but his main interests were music and Romantic literature.
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Presto Presents... Helen Charlston and Sholto Kynoch
27th May 2026
In the latest episode of Presto Presents, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch perform and discuss music from their new album A Poet's Love, inspired by Schumann's Dichterliebe.
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Jonas Kaufmann's Doppelgänger
5th Sep 2025
The German tenor and his regular recital-partner Helmut Deutsch are on peak form in these 2020 accounts of Schumann's Dichterliebe and Kerner-Lieder, supplemented by a glimpse of a very young Kaufmann in the former cycle (and, in the case of the physical product, a DVD of Claus Guth's extraordinary staging of Schubert's Schwanengesang).
Popular Genres: Schumann
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Popular Works: Schumann
- Abegg Variations, Op. 1 (111)
- Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 (269)
- Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 (302)
- Blumenstück, Op. 19 (86)
- Carnaval, Op. 9 (285)
- Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (246)
- Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 (134)
- Dichterliebe, Op. 48 (170)
- Études symphoniques, Op. 13 (224)
- Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 (361)
- Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 (157)
- Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 (310)
- Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 (115)
- Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42 (110)
- Humoreske, Op. 20 (123)
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (361)
- Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei (371)
- Kreisleriana, Op. 16 (298)
- Liederkreis, Op. 39 (137)
- Manfred Overture, Op. 115 (101)
- Märchenbilder (4), Op. 113 (108)
- Papillons, Op. 2 (119)
- Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (466)
- Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47 (89)
- Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 (152)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 (111)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 (123)
- Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63 (89)
- Romance in F sharp major, Op. 28 No. 2 (76)
- Romances (3), Op. 94 (212)
- Stücke im Volkston (5), Op. 102 (145)
- Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 'Spring' (207)
- Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 (204)
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 'Rhenish' (211)
- Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (272)
- Toccata in C major, Op. 7 (133)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (140)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 (110)
- Waldszenen, Op. 82 (136)
- Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 (124)
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