Videos: Who was Robert Schumann? (6:00) & Who was Clara Schumann? (3:00)
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1768 - 1872 - Joseph Haydn writes a series of symphonies in minor keys that have a "stormy"
feel to them. They can be considered forerunners of romanticism
(proto-romanticism). Somewhat later, a small number of Mozart's works have
a simlar feel.
1805 - Ludwig van Beethoven premiers his Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
1809 - Felix Mendelssohn is born on February 3rd.
- Joseph Haydn dies on May 31st at age 76.
1810 - Frédéric Chopin is born on March 1st.
- Robert Schumann is born on June 10th.
1811 - Franz Liszt is born on October 22nd.
1819 - Clara Weick is born on Sept 13th.
1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven dies on March 26th at age 56.
1828 - Franz Schubert dies on November 19th age 31. Schumann first hears his music about this time.
- Robert, 18, begins lessons with Frierich Wieck; Clara is 9.
1830 - The premier of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique in Paris in December.
- Robert publishes his Opus 1, Variations on the name "Abegg".
1831 - Robert contracts syphilis from a girlfriend.
1732 - Robert's Toccata in C major, Op. 7 increases his fame
1833 - Johannes Brahms is born on May 7th.
- Panic attacks; first indications Robert has a mental illness???
1834 - Robert founds the music magazine Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
1834 - 1835 - Robert has a relationship with 17 year old Ernestine von Fricken.
1835 - Clara, 15, premiers her Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 with Felix Mendelssohn conducting.
1840 - Robert begins composing vocal, chamber and orchestra music.
- Robert and Clara marry on September 12th.
1841 - Marie, the first of eight Schumann children, is born.
1843 - The premier of Schumann's secular oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri
makes him internationally famous.
1844 - The Schumanns first hear 14 year old violinist Joseph Joachim play. Later,
Joachim will play over 238 concerts with Clara in Germany and England.
1847 - Felix Mendelssohn dies November 4th, age 37.
1849 - Frédéric Chopin dies October 27th, age 39.
1853 - Johannes Brahms, 20, visits the Schumanns' home on Sept. 30th impressing them.
1854 - Robert attempts suicide on February 27th and enters a mental facility.
1855 - Clara, 36, composes her last piece of music.
1856 - Robert Schumann dies on July 9th, age 46.
1874 - Clara does a concert tour in the United States.
1878 - Clara is appointed teacher of the piano at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt,
a post she held until 1892.
1896 - Clara Schumann dies on May 20th, age 76.
1897 - Johannes Brahms dies on April 3rd, age 63.
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