Robert Schumann

ロベルト・シューマン　/　ろべると・しゅーまん

American composer

June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856　・　Zwickau, Saxony, Germany

Saxony
composer
pianist
music critic

My Take

Schumann is one of those composers who gets under your skin in a way that Beethoven never quite does — there's a rawness to his music that feels almost uncomfortably personal, like reading someone's diary. The piano miniatures, especially Kinderszenen, hit you with this bittersweet nostalgia that's hard to shake. He wore his inner life on his sleeve at a time when that wasn't really done, and his music paid for it — turbulent, tender, occasionally chaotic. The tragic arc of his life, the hand injury that ended his performing career, the mental breakdown, the asylum — it colors everything when you listen, and yet the music stands entirely on its own without needing that backstory to matter. A genuine original of the Romantic era, and still wildly underrated compared to the names everyone reaches for first.

Overview

Robert Schumann (; German: [ˈʁoːbɐ̯t ˈʃuːman]; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) 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.

1. Profile

Name (English): Robert Schumann
Name (Japanese): ロベルト・シューマン
Reading: ろべると・しゅーまん
Born: June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Horse
Origin: Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / pianist / music critic / conductor / musicologist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Leipzig University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Symphony No. 1	—
Notable work	Symphony No. 2	—
Notable work	Symphony No. 3	—
Notable work	Kinderszenen	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3