Romantic · Germany
Schumann's symphonies
A Romantic piano poet who took up the symphony after marrying Clara
- English name
- Robert Schumann
- Life
- 1810–1856
- Country
- Germany
- Mainly active in
- Leipzig · Dresden · Düsseldorf
- Symphony
- 4 symphonies
- In a line
- Romantic-era composer, pianist, and music critic
Fun to know
- Symphony No. 1 "Spring" was sketched in just 4 days
- Published as No. 2, but actually the third symphony he completed
- The fourth movement of No. 3 "Rhenish" depicts a solemn ceremony at Cologne Cathedral
4 symphonies
- Symphony No. 1 "Spring"B♭ major · 1841 · about 30 minA newlywed Schumann sketches spring in four days
- Symphony No. 2C major · 1846 · about 38 minA symphony written in poor health that triumphs over darkness
- Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"E♭ major · 1850 · about 33 minWritten in five weeks in a new city on the Rhine
- Symphony No. 4D minor · 1851 · about 30 min"No. 4," reborn after ten years in a drawer
Credits
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._1_(Schumann)
- www.hollywoodbowl.com/musicdb/pieces/3909/symphony-no-1-in-b-flat-major-op-38-spring
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Schumann)
- www.bso.org/works/schumann-symphony-no-2
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Schumann)
- www.bso.org/works/schumann-symphony-no-3-rhenish
- www.hollywoodbowl.com/musicdb/pieces/3966/symphony-no-3-in-e-flat-major-op-97-rhenish