The Romantic Generation
by Charles Rosen
Period: Romantic
Born: Friday, June 8, 1810 in Zwickau, Germany
Died: Tuesday, July 29, 1856 in Endenich, Germany
Nation of Origin: Germany
Major Works:
Four symphonies and other orchestral works
Song Cycles:
Liederkreis, Op. 24 (1840)
Dichterliebe, Op. 48 (1840)
Other Information:
Robert Schumann was a talented composer, pianist, and music critic
who was married to the composer and pianist Clara Wieck
Schumann.
General Bibliography:
Blume, Friedrich, with M. D. Norton (Translator) and Herter Norton
(Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive
Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN:
0393098680
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Einstein, Alfred. Music in the Romantic Era, W. W. Norton
& Company, December 1947, ISBN: 0393097331
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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