Schumann Jensen Eric Frederick
Schumann Jensen Eric Frederick Robert Schumann is one of the most intriguing-and enigmatic-composers of the nineteenth century. For much of his life he was better known as a music critic than as a…
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Schumann Jensen Eric Frederick
Robert Schumann is one of the most intriguing-and enigmatic-composers of the nineteenth century. For much of his life he was better known as a music critic than as a composer. Extraordinarily gifted in both music and literature, many of his compositions were inspired by poetry and novels.
Best known was the tempestuous courtship of his future wife, the pianist Clara Wieck. But whether writing as critic or composer, what he produced was created by him as a reflection of his often turbulent life. Though marriage and family life seemed to provide a sense of constancy, he increasingly experienced periods of depression and instability.
Mounting criticism of his performance as music director at Dusseldorf led to his attempted suicide in 1854. Schumann was voluntarily committed to an insane asylum near Bonn where, despite indications of improvement and dissatisfaction with his treatment, he