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Robert Schumann

1810 - 1856

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Robert Schumann (; German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈʃuːman]; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber groups, orchestra, choir and the opera. His works typify the spirit of the Romantic era in German music. Schumann was born in Zwickau, Saxony, to an affluent middle-class family with no musical connections, and was initially unsure whether to pursue a career as a lawyer or to make a living as a pianist-composer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Schumann is the 18th most popular composer (down from 11th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Germany (down from 24th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Composer.

Robert Schumann is most famous for being a German composer and pianist. He is also famous for his symphonies, piano concertos, and solo piano works.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Robert Schumann ranks 18 out of 1,451. Before him are Igor Stravinsky, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, Antonín Dvořák, and Johann Strauss II. After him are Gioachino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn, Edvard Grieg, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, and Maurice Ravel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Robert Schumann ranks 3. Before him are Frédéric Chopin, and Pope Leo XIII. After him are Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, P. T. Barnum, Éliphas Lévi, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Theodor Schwann, Howard Staunton, Alfred de Musset, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, and Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet. Among people deceased in 1856, Robert Schumann ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Heine, Amedeo Avogadro, Max Stirner, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Adolphe Adam, Paul Delaroche, John Ross, Ivan Paskevich, Étienne Cabet, Ľudovít Štúr, and Florestan I, Prince of Monaco.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Robert Schumann ranks 41 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Hesse (1877), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Martin Heidegger (1889), Karl Dönitz (1891), Heinrich Himmler (1900), and Friedrich Schiller (1759). After him are Josef Mengele (1911), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Hermann Göring (1893), Bertolt Brecht (1898), Franz Beckenbauer (1945), and Felix Mendelssohn (1809).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Robert Schumann ranks 6. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), George Frideric Handel (1685), Richard Wagner (1813), and Johannes Brahms (1833). After him are Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Richard Strauss (1864), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), and Carl Maria von Weber (1786).

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