composers were still writing music under their influence 100 years later. Schumann’s father was a Saxon bookseller and publisher, well-to-do and cultured. Robert was his fifth child and, though he and ...

Clara Schumann’s Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann is more than just a dazzling set of piano variations—it’s a love letter in music. She took a theme from Robert’s Bunte Blätter and transformed ...

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Robert Schumann. He uses the fascinating first-hand account of a man who knew the Romantic composer well - his first biographer Wilhelm von Wasielewski ...

20, No. 434, Apr. 1, 1879 The Great Composers, Sketched by Themsel... The Great Composers, Sketched by Themselves. No. V. Schumann (Concluded) This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer ...

The Australian String Quartet perform two works brimming with energy and vitality - Australian composer Paul Stanhope's String Quartet No.2 and Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op.44.

Donald Macleod looks at Robert Schumann's life in the 1840s - the decade when his married life with Clara began, and in which he established himself as a significant composer.