ROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANN German Composer (1810-1856) Robert Alexander Schumann free midi download

ROBERT ALEXANDER SCHUMANN
8^th June 1810 --- 29^th July 1856

Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-56), German composer born Zwickau, Saxony, son of a bookseller and publisher. He began to study
the piano at the age of 8 and he made rapid progress, he also began to compose though without any Stevenular tuition. He entered
Leipzig University in 1828 to study law but moved to Heidelberg in 1829, remaining there for only 1 year.

Under the instruction of Friedrich Wieck at Leipzig he had by this time become an accomplished pianist and had composed a number of
songs and piano pieces. In 1831 he studied composition for a short time with Heinrich Dorn, conductor at the Leipzig opera. In the
following year he injured his right hand with an apparatus for strengthening the fingers and had to abandon the idea of a virtuoso's
career. In 1833 with a group of other young men he founded the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik. In 1837 he became engaged to Clara
Wieck, in spite of her father's opposition, and eventually married her in 1840.

His first symphony appeared in 1841, and the second symphony later No. 4) and the first movement of the piano Concerto were begun
in the same year of 1841. In 1843, in spite of nervous exhaustion which became progressively worse, he was appointed professor of
composition at the new Lelpzig Conservatory, but he left for Dresden in the following year. In 1850 his opera Genoveva was performed
without much success at Leipzig, and in the same year he became conductor of the Dusseldorf orchestra.

His lack of real experience made him unsuited to this post, but he refused to resign until the serious deterioration of his mental health
forced him in 1853 to abandon the work. In 1854 he became insane and after throwing himself into the Rhine was moved to an asylum
near Bonn, where he died 29 July.

An ardent apostle of romanticism and a generous champion of other composers, he was in his own work most successful in songs and
piano music, both of which were coloured by his literary tastes. His chamber music and symphonies, as well as the piano concerto
shows also that schumann had the capacity for organising material in unusual ways, particularly by linking together the various parts
of a composition.
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By Steven Ritchie

And now for the Music

(3420)"Impromptu In A Flat Opus.90, No.4". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(3406)"Whims,(Grillen) Opus.12 No.4". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(3401)"The Reaper's Song". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(3400)"The Merry Peasant". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(3367)"Schlummerlied (Slumber Song)". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(3310)"Arabeske, Opus.18". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

Below are 2 real time Sequences.

NEW (4528)"Symphonic Etudes, Opus.13". Real time Sequenced played by E. Savitski.

NEW (4529)"Kreisleriana, Opus.16". Real time Sequenced played by Einav Yarden.

Thanks to J C Wahlstromb for the music below.

(3366)"Kreisleriana No.1 Fantasies for the piano Opus.18". Sequenced by J.C.Wahlstromb.

(3365)"Kreisleriana No.2 Fantasies for the piano Opus.18". Sequenced by J.C.Wahlstromb.

(3364)"Kreisleriana No.3 Fantasies for the piano Opus.18". Sequenced by J.C.Wahlstromb.

(3363)"Kreisleriana No.4 Fantasies for the piano Opus.18". Sequenced by J.C.Wahlstromb.

(3402)"Kreisleriana No.5 Fantasies for the piano Opus.18". Sequenced by J.C.Wahlstromb.

(3403)"Kreisleriana No.6 Fantasies for the piano Opus.18". Sequenced by J.C.Wahlstromb.

(3404)"Kreisleriana No.7 Fantasies for the piano Opus.18". Sequenced by J.C.Wahlstromb.

(3405)"Kreisleriana No.8 Fantasies for the piano Opus.18". Sequenced by J.C.Wahlstromb.

Thanks to Ramon Pajares Box for the music below.

(1041)"Symphony No.2 (1846) Mov.3. Adagio espressivo". Sequenced by Ramón Pajares Box.

Thanks to Edward Gold for the music below. Email (egld@asan.com)
(931)"Symphony No.3, 5th Mov Lebhaft". Sequenced by Edward Gold.

(914)"Symphony No.3, 4th Mov (Cathedral)". Sequenced by Edward Gold.

(897)"Symphony No 3 in Eb, Opus.97, The Rhenish". Sequenced by Edward Gold.

(878)"Symphony No.3 in Eb, Opus.97, The Rhenish, No.2. Scherzo". Sequenced by Edward Gold.

(873)"Symphony No.3 in Eb, Opus.97, The Rhenish, 1st Mov, Lebhaft". Sequenced by Edward Gold.

(805)"Carnaval, Opus.9, No.1". Sequenced by Katsuhiro Oguri.

Thanks to Bernd Krüger for the music below.

(806)"Moment Musicau No.4 in C, Opus.94, D780". Sequenced by Bernd Krüger.

(807)"Moment Musicau No.5 in F, Opus.94, D780". Sequenced by Bernd Krüger.

(808)"Scenes from Childhood Opus.15, No.2". Sequenced by Bernd Krüger.

(809)"Scenes from Childhood Opus.15, No.3". Sequenced by Bernd Krüger.

(810)"Scenes from Childhood Opus.15, No.4". Sequenced by Bernd Krüger.

(811)"Scenes from Childhood Opus.15, No.5". Sequenced by Bernd Krüger.

(812)"Scenes from Childhood Opus.15, No.6". Sequenced by Bernd Krüger.

(267)"Grillen in D flat, Fantaisiestuck, Opus.12, No.4,(Info by Gary K Allen)". Sequencer unknown.

(3309)"Piano piece, Andante, Opus.46". Sequencer Unknown.

(3308)"Piano piece, Romance, Opus.28, No.2". Sequencer Unknown.

(3307)"Piano piece, Papillons". Sequencer Unknown.

(3306)"Piano piece, Traumerei". Sequencer Unknown.

(3269)"Carnaval, No.1, Preambule". Sequencer Unknown.

(3268)"Carnaval, No.2, Pierrot". Sequencer Unknown.

(3267)"Carnaval, No.3, Arlequin". Sequencer Unknown.

(3266)"Carnaval, No.4, Valse noble". Sequencer Unknown.

(3265)"Carnaval, No.5, Eusebius". Sequencer Unknown.

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