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Music
- Sheet music at NRML’s Muziekschatten (Music Treasures).
- List of compositions at Netherlands Radio Music Library.
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Life
He started playing piano at the age of eight.
Husband of Clara (they married 12 September 1840).
Places
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Burg Trifels
![Staatsoper (Semperoper) Dresden Staatsoper Dresden<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2809/10/d08.5.08__13.jpg "click for larger image")
![Staatsoper (Semperoper) Dresden Weber statue<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2809/10/d08.5.08a.jpg "click for larger image")
- Germany, Zwickau, Hauptmarkt 5 — 8 Jun 1810
![Zwickau Schumann birthplace<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2773/10/d08.21.2.jpg "click for larger image")
Schumann birthplace
![Zwickau Schumann birthplace inside<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2773/10/d08.21.2a.jpg "click for larger image")
Schumann birthplace inside
![Zwickau Schumann monument<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2773/10/d08.21.2c.jpg "click for larger image")
Schumann monument
- Germany, Zwickau, Domhof 2 Dom — 9 Jun 1810
![Dom Zwickau Dom Zwickau<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2774/10/d08.21.4.jpg "click for larger image")
Dom Zwickau
- Germany, Heidelberg, Hauptstraße 160 — May 1829
![“Kaffeebaum” Leipzig Schumann corner<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2869/10/d08.8.14.jpg "click for larger image")
![“Kaffeebaum” Leipzig Coffe Baum<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2869/10/d08.8.14a.jpg "click for larger image")
- Czech Republic, Aš, — 1834
![Leipzig house of Robert and Clara Schumann<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2881/10/d08.8.37.jpg "click for larger image")
house of Robert and Clara Schumann
![Dresden-Loschwitz Friedrich Wieck house<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2824/10/d08.5.35.jpg "click for larger image")
Friedrich Wieck house
![Gedächtniskirche Leipzig-Schönefeld Gedächtniskirche<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2891/10/d08.8.57.jpg "click for larger image")
![Gedächtniskirche Leipzig-Schönefeld Gedächtniskirche inside<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2891/10/d08.8.57a.jpg "click for larger image")
- Germany, Kreischa, — 1849
- Germany, Maxen, Schloß Maxen — 1849
![Schloß Maxen Maxen Schloß Maxen<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2800/10/d08.47.jpg "click for larger image")
Schloß Maxen
![Düsseldorf Schumann plaque<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/1969/10/d01.2.19.jpg "click for larger image")
![Düsseldorf house of Robert and Clara Schumann<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/1969/10/d01.2.19a.jpg "click for larger image")
![Bonn-Endenich Schumann asylum<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2060/10/d01.7.16.jpg "click for larger image")
![Bonn-Endenich asylum<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2060/10/d01.7.16a_.jpg "click for larger image")
- Germany, Bonn, Bornheimer Straße 77 Alter Friedhof — 29 Jul 1856
![Alter Friedhof Bonn Schumann grave<br/><p class="copy">Uploaded by <a href="/user/10">Ed Tervooren</a> [© Copyright may apply] — Classical Composers Database</p>](/uploads/place/2059/10/d01.7.13.jpg "click for larger image")
Schumann grave
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Concerts
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Events
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31 March 1841: Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in B flat major op. 38 “Frühlingssinfonie”, in Leipzig, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
6 December 1841: Premiere of Overture, Scherzo and Finale op. 52, in Leipzig, Germany.
6 December 1841: Premiere of the first version of Symphony no. 4 in d minor op. 120, in Leipzig, Germany.
4 December 1843: Premiere of Das Paradies und die Peri, in Leipzig, Germany, with Clara Shumann as soloist.
5 November 1846: Premiere of Symphony no. 2 in C major op. 61, in Leipzig, Germany, with Mendelssohn conducting.
25 February 1850: Premiere of concert piece for 4 horns op. 86, in Leipzig, Germany.
25 June 1850: Premiere of Genoveva, in Leipzig, Germany.
6 February 1851: Premiere of Symphony no. 3 in E flat major op. 97 “Rheinische”, in Düsseldorf, Germany, with Schumann conducting.
5 February 1852: Premiere of Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
24 March 1852: Premiere of the Manfred Overture op. 115, in Leipzig, Germany, with Schumann conducting.
3 March 1853: Premiere of Symphony no. 4 in d minor op. 120 (second version), in Düsseldorf, Germany, with Schumann conducting.
9 June 1860: Premiere of cello concerto in a minor op. 129, in Leipzig, Germany.
13 January 1862: Premiere of Scenes from Goehtes Faust, in Cologne, Germany.
26 November 1937: Premiere of violin concerto in d minor, in Berlin, Germany.
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