Schumann

Robert Alexsander Schumann (1810-1856) was born into a small village in Germany. Because his father owned a book store, Schumann was more interested in literature than in music when he was little. He even tried to write novels and prose. When he was ten, he was motivated by the concert of Ignaz Moscheles, a contemporary piano player. After that, he started to learn music. Despite his father's support, his mother wanted him to study law to get a good job. So he followed his mother's will, majoring in law, but he didn't focus on study, instead, he spent time with friends discussing life and art. After listening one of Paganini's concert in 1830, he decided to became a piano player. After graduating from college, he learned piano from Friedrich Wieck, and fell in love with his daughter, who was also a famous piano player. Because he started playing the piano late, he practiced so hard that his finger got injured so he was not able to play the piano anymore. Afterward he focused on composition and music comment.
Schumann not only left us dozens of beautiful melody, but also introduced many great musician to us. If it were not for his effort, we would not cherish Beethoven and Schubert's work, and maybe we would not know Brahms and Chopin! His article about music comment is really a milestone in music field.
Let's listen to some of  his composition together.