Piano Concerto, Piano Sonata and My Life

Introduction to Schumann:

Robert schumann was a German composer and music critic in the19th century.

Schumann studied piano as a child and began to compose music at the age of seven. /kloc-at the age of 0/6, she entered the University of Leipzig to study law according to her mother's wishes. /kloc-When he was 0/9 years old, he began to learn piano again. When he heard Paganini's performance, he was greatly influenced and gave up the study of law and specialized in music. Later, due to a finger injury, he turned to composition and music criticism.

1835- 1844 edited New Music magazine alone and began to create a large number of piano works. 1840 received his doctorate from the University of Jena, 1843 taught at Leipzig Conservatory of Music. From 1844 to 1850, he moved to Dresden to continue composing and conducting. Due to the increasingly serious mental illness, he was rescued by throwing himself into the river on 1854, and died in a mental hospital after 1856.

Robert schumann was an outstanding figure in the history of German music in the first half of the19th century, and his artistic creation profoundly reflected the advantages and disadvantages of German romanticism.

Schumann's creative style;

The main feature of Schumann's piano works lies in its profound personalized poetic expression, and melody is the main medium to express its characteristics.

The uniqueness of Schumann's piano works in form mainly stems from his poetic music ideal. He once said: Music is the greatest potential of poetry. Schumann believes that as an artist, morality should become a poet and strive to understand poetry. This kind of thought engraved in his heart made his music get rid of the solidified form and express his ideal world like imaginative poetry.