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Also Known As Robert Alexander Schumann
Born June 8, 1810 • Zwickau • Germany
Died July 29, 1856 (aged 46) • Germany
Notable Works “Frauenliebe und -leben” • “Konzertstück, Op. 86” • “Kreisleriana” • “New Journal for Music” • “Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54” • “Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47” • “Rhenish Symphony” • “Symphonic Studies” • “Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major”
Movement / Style Romanticism • classical music
Notable Family Members spouse Clara Schumann

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