5/13/09

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Check out these interesting facts and trivia about Robert Schumann.

• Composer Robert Schumann was a gifted pianist. He injured his finger early in his career. This prevented him from being a performer, so Schumann composed music instead.

• Schumann became a music journalist and started his own music newspaper, The New Journal of Music, in his home country of Germany.

• Schumann married Clara Wieck, a famous pianist.

To learn more, visit Alberti Publishing.

Illustration by Heidi Cabrera.

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