Schumann was a German composer and music critic. He studied law at the University of Leipzig and began piano studies with Vic at the age of 19. In 1834, he founded the New Music Newspaper and published a large number of commentaries. , became the mouthpiece of innovative and progressive artistic tendencies in German music and art life at that time. In 1840, he married the German pianist Clara, the daughter of Vic. He became insane in 1854 and died in a mental hospital. Representative works include piano music "Butterfly", "Carnival", "Childhood Scenes", etc., vocal suites "Women's Love and Life", "Poet's Love"; art songs "Moonlight Night", "Dedication", "Walnut Tree", etc. . Schumann inherited and developed Schubert's songwriting tradition, further enriched the expression methods of piano accompaniment, and paid attention to the selection of poetic lyrics, so he enjoys the title of poet-musician.

Robert Schumann 1810.6.8~1856.7.29 German composer and music critic. He studied piano since he was a child and began composing Schumann

compositions at the age of 7. At the age of 16, he followed his mother's wishes and entered the University of Leipzig to study law. At the age of 19, he studied piano again. When he heard Paganini's performance, he was greatly affected. He gave up studying law and specialized in music. He used mechanical devices to exercise his hands. Later, due to a finger injury, he was unable to become a pianist and turned to composition and music criticism. From 1835 to 1844, he edited the "New Music Magazine" alone and began to compose a large number of piano works. In 1840, he received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Jena, and in 1843 he went to teach at the Leipzig Conservatoire. From 1844 to 1850, he moved to Dresden and continued to engage in composition and conducting. Due to his increasingly serious mental illness, he was rescued by drowning himself in the Rhine River in 1854. He died in a mental hospital two years later. Schumann's works are mostly piano music and songs. His piano works have a strong literary foundation and often express the resonance of people and events in his heart. He developed a romantic piano music style after Schubert. He usually composed a suite of several art songs, using poems by romantic poets as lyrics, focusing on the inner artistic conception of the poems. As a music critic, he enthusiastically praised Bach and Beethoven, and praised the genius of Chopin and Brahms; his positive comments played an important role in promoting romantic music and pushed 19th century title music to a new level. steps. His main works include: 6 symphonies, overtures, piano, cello, and horn concertos, string and piano ensembles, violin and piano sonatas, a large number of piano suites, vocal suites, and operas; his treatises include "On Music and Music" Home" etc.

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Schumann was born in Zwickau, a small town in Saxony, Germany, in 1810. His father ran a bookstore and also ran publishing. Schumann's greatest interest in childhood was literature rather than music, and he was keen on writing novels and essays. Occasionally he also engaged in some musical activities. When he was 12 years old, Schumann organized a small orchestra. Later, out of his passion for literature, he organized a literary club and began writing papers on art and poetry. "Young Schumann" Illustrated by Chen Yuxian

As a young man, Schumann was tortured by the troubles of adolescence. His father actively guided his musical development. However, Schumann's mother hoped that her son could study law so that he could do well in the future. Get a decent job. After Schumann's father died, he followed his mother's wish and went to Leipzig and Heidelberg to study law. It was not until 1830 that Schumann heard a Paganini concert and decided to become a pianist. Schumann devoted himself to practicing to become a pianist. Because he started too late, Schumann forced himself to practice intensely and for a long time. It is said that he also invented a machine to exercise the muscles of his fingers. This wrong practice method completely paralyzed the middle finger of his right hand, and his only hope of becoming a musician was to become a composer. However, Schumann did not give up the piano after that. Piano creation has always been the most important part of Schumann's works.

At the age of 23, he composed his first masterpiece, the "Symphonic Etude" with the same theme and twelve variations, followed by "Carnival" composed between 1834 and 1835, which is composed of twenty-one movements. A piano masterpiece and one of Schumann's most successful works. In 1836, when Schumann was 26 years old, he still did not stop learning piano. At this time, when he was studying with Professor Vick, Schumann met the professor's daughter Clara, but was opposed by Professor Vick's family. After his unremitting efforts, he finally married Clara in 1840 in the town of Schnefeld on the outskirts of Leipzig. After that, Schumann devoted himself to writing art criticism, founded a music criticism magazine, and used Florestan and Eusbius as his pen names. The views of these two people reflected the author's own speculative unity. In 1850, Schumann moved to Dusseldorf and served as orchestra conductor. In 1854, he once committed suicide by throwing himself into the Rhine River, but was fortunately rescued by a boatman. He was later admitted to a mental hospital in Bonn. Schumann died in Bonn in 1856 due to late-stage syphilis infection. The graves of Schumann and Clara are both in Bonn.

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Schumann's creative thoughts and practices always emphasized the purpose and significance of musical emotional expression, and had the typical romantic spirit of the 19th century. His creations and music criticism had a profound impact on the German Romantic spirit and the musicians of the national music school. He calls himself a "musician" who is devoted to fantasy, and believes that music is the expression of the soul and the expression of emotions. Art songs embody Schumann's romantic feelings and style. His profound literary accomplishment enabled him to carefully select poems and deeply understand their contents, and use concise and accurate techniques to shape the meaning of different songs. Schumann used music to write about his emotional experience of everything in the world. The purpose of the "New Music Newspaper" he founded in 1834 was also to further demonstrate the concept and proposition that this emotion is the soul of art through music reviews in newspapers, and to promote and defend the European music tradition. In the 1950s, Schumann edited and published his articles published in "New Music News". The preface of this anthology is a clear introduction to his "Music Criticism": "To draw readers' attention to certain cultural phenomena that have been submerged by modern trends." It specifically explains his criteria for criticizing music, and at the same time expresses the artistic goals he pursues. . Schumann's music criticism represents the characteristics of the romantic musicians of the 19th century. He has an extremely sophisticated professional vision, and his keenness in analyzing and observing music is based on extensive cultural accomplishment.

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Robert Schumann was the most prominent figure in the history of German music in the first half of the 19th century. His artistic creation profoundly reflected German romance. The strengths and weaknesses of doctrine. Robert Schumann (1810-1856), a famous German composer and music critic. He was born in a bookseller's family in Zwickau, Germany, and loved music and literature since childhood. Due to family prejudice, he studied law at university when he was young and could only study music part-time. Due to his tireless pursuit, he became the leading pianist in the local area. Schumann was born on June 8, 1810 in a publisher's family in Zwickau. His father was a well-educated bookseller and had translated some works by British writers and poets Walter Scott and Byron; his mother was the daughter of a surgeon. He learned piano at the age of seven and began to experiment with composition at the age of twelve. In 1828, he followed his mother's orders and entered the University of Leipzig to study law. In 1830, he studied piano with the pianist Vic. At that time, he determined to be a pianist. When he was able to specialize in music through tortuous struggles, he was eager for success and used mechanical devices to practice piano fingering, which injured his fingers and lost the possibility of becoming a pianist. He then devoted himself to music creation and music criticism. While Schumann was studying piano with Vick, he got along with his daughter Clara day and night and established a deep relationship. In the autumn of 1840, they overcame family resistance and were happily united through court intervention. While fighting for Clara, Schumann was also fighting for "new music." He founded the "New Music Magazine" in Leipzig, fighting against the obsolete, conservative, and vulgar music trends of the time, and correctly introducing classical music to readers. Therefore, "New Music Magazine" became the mouthpiece of Germany's progressive musical thought at that time.

Music review writing mainly publishes articles in the "New Music News", which was founded by him and serves as three reviewers with different positions.