Robert Schumann Archive

Robert Schumann composed the Piano Concerto for his beloved wife, the pianist and composer Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896). The work originated in May of 1841 as a Fantasy in A minor for piano and orchestra. …

Schumann’s Piano Quartet dates from the autumn of 1842, known as “the year of chamber music.” In this year, he composed not only this work, but also three string quartets, a piano quintet, and a …

In his youth, Robert Schumann was reputed to be a tender-hearted and desperate Romantic. This is undoubtedly true. We need only recall his strong love for future wife Clara and how passionately he fought for …

Schumann’s pioneer quintet became the model for a small but select line of similar works by other composers – Brahms, Franck, Dvorak, Fauré, Elgar, Reger, Bloch and Shostakovich. It is interesting that, with a single …

Robert Schumann composed his Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 in 1839 when he was 29 years old. Schumann dedicated it to Frau Majorin Friederike Serre auf Maxen, to whom he also dedicated his Blumenstück …