Schumann
German Romantic composer
Schumann is a German surname, most notably associated with Robert Schumann (1810–1856), the Romantic composer known for piano works, symphonies, and song cycles, and his wife Clara Schumann (1819–1896), a celebrated pianist and composer in her own right.
The name appears in music history discussions: We're studying Schumann's piano concerto.
Name meaning clear
- BrahmsRomantic German composer
- MendelssohnNineteenth-century German composer
- LisztHungarian Romantic-era pianist-composer
- ChopinPolish Romantic pianist-composer
Goethe · Leipzig · Düsseldorf · Carnaval · madness · asylum · Rhine
German poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- song cycleUnified group of art pieces
- art songComposed vocal setting poetry
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- voiceSound from throat
piano accompaniment · through-composed · intimate · declamation · German · recital
German masculine name
- piano concertoWork for keyboard and orchestra
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- symphonicPertaining to large-scale orchestral music
- movementsChanges in position
Years 1801-1900
- literaryOf written works
- poeticOf or like verse
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- emotionComplex psychological state
imagination · nature · nationalism · E.T.A. Hoffmann · aesthetics
Clara
Name meaning clear
- BrahmsRomantic German composer
- MendelssohnNineteenth-century German composer
- LisztHungarian Romantic-era pianist-composer
Chopin · Goethe · Leipzig · Düsseldorf · Carnaval · madness · asylum · Rhine
Goethe
German poet-dramatist, 1749-1832
- song cycleUnified group of art pieces
- art songComposed vocal setting poetry
- poetryMetrical literary composition
voice · piano accompaniment · through-composed · intimate · declamation · German · recital
Manfred
German masculine name
- piano concertoWork for keyboard and orchestra
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- symphonicPertaining to large-scale orchestral music
movements · conductor · chamber music · string quartets · orchestration
nineteenth century
Years 1801-1900
- literaryOf written works
- poeticOf or like verse
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
emotion · imagination · nature · nationalism · E.T.A. Hoffmann · aesthetics
Carnaval
Pre-Lenten festive season
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- poeticOf or like verse
- lyricalMusically expressive
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- ComposersBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn
- 1800s FiguresDarwin, Marx, Dickens, Beethoven, Napoleon
- European MusiciansBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms
- German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
- German ComposersBach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Wagner
SchumannMozart
Eighteenth-century Austrian composer
Haydn · formalism · Apollonian · Stravinsky · Brahms