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Having to give up his dream to be a pianist [[DreamCrushingHandicap due to an injury]], he concentrated on composing and writing commentaries on music. He was married to [[Music/ClaraSchumann Clara Wieck]], one of the most famous pianists of his time, after a long battle against [[ParentalMarriageVeto the opposition of her father]] (who was his piano teacher). Besides his music, Schumann was known to be an enthusiastic promoter of Music/FryderykChopin in Germany and it was he who pronounced Creator/JohannesBrahms a genius.
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Having to give up his dream to be a pianist [[DreamCrushingHandicap due to an injury]], he concentrated on composing and writing commentaries on music. He was married to [[Music/ClaraSchumann Clara Wieck]], one of the most famous pianists of his time, after a long battle against [[ParentalMarriageVeto the opposition of her father]] (who was his piano teacher). Besides his music, Schumann was known to be an enthusiastic promoter of Music/FryderykChopin in Germany and it was he who pronounced Creator/JohannesBrahms Music/JohannesBrahms a genius.
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** Schumann used his music critic's post as a bully pulpit for composers whose music he liked. Most notable beneficiaries included Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, Music/LudwigVanBeethoven, Music/CarlMariaVonWeber, Music/HectorBerlioz, and Music/FryderykChopin, about the last of whom he famously wrote, "Hats off, gentlemen, a genius!". He came out of retirement to jump-start the career of a young Creator/JohannesBrahms. Schumann was also very supportive of his wife's performing career and encouraged her to go out on tour.
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** Schumann used his music critic's post as a bully pulpit for composers whose music he liked. Most notable beneficiaries included Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart, Music/LudwigVanBeethoven, Music/CarlMariaVonWeber, Music/HectorBerlioz, and Music/FryderykChopin, about the last of whom he famously wrote, "Hats off, gentlemen, a genius!". He came out of retirement to jump-start the career of a young Creator/JohannesBrahms.Music/JohannesBrahms. Schumann was also very supportive of his wife's performing career and encouraged her to go out on tour.
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Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 - 29 July 1856) was a German composer and music critic of the [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic era]].
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Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 - – 29 July 1856) was a German composer and music critic of the [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic era]].
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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) was a German composer and music critic of the [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic era]].
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Robert Schumann (1810 (8 June 1810 - 29 July 1856) was a German composer and music critic of the [[{{Romanticism}} Romantic era]].
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Unfortunately, Schumann suffered from what today would be diagnosed as manic-depressive disorder. He tried to kill himself in 1854 by jumping into the Rhine river, but was saved by a passing fishing boat. Thereafter, he had himself committed to an insane asylum and never emerged.
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Unfortunately, Schumann suffered from what today would be diagnosed as manic-depressive bipolar disorder. He tried to kill himself in 1854 by jumping into the Rhine river, but was saved by a passing fishing boat. Thereafter, he had himself committed to an insane asylum and never emerged.
