Robert Schumann

Biography by Zoran Minderovic

Robert Schumann was a German composer of the Romantic period famed for his concertos, symphonies, chamber works, lieder, and piano music.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15	1838	Keyboard
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54	1841	Concerto
Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7	1838	Keyboard
Symphonic Etudes ("Etudes in the form of variations") for piano (2 versions), Op. 13	1834	Keyboard
Carnaval for piano, Op. 9	1833	Keyboard
Album für die Jugend (Album for the Young) for piano, Op. 68	1848	Keyboard
Dichterliebe, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 48	1840	Vocal Music
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120	1841	Symphony
Symphony No. 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38	1841	Symphony
Fantasiestücke (8 Fantasy Pieces), for piano, Op. 12	1837	Keyboard
Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op. 73	1849	Chamber Music
Arabeske for piano in C major, Op. 18	1838	Keyboard
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ("Rhenish"), Op. 97	1850	Symphony
Myrthen, 26 songs for voice & piano, Op. 25	1840	Vocal Music
Fantasie (Obolen auf Beethovens Monument) for piano in C major, Op. 17	1836	Keyboard
Kreisleriana, 8 fantasies for piano, Op. 16	1838	Keyboard
Liederkreis, 12 songs for voice & piano, Op. 39	1840	Vocal Music
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61	1845	Symphony
Frauenliebe und -leben, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 42	1840	Vocal Music
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129	1850	Concerto