So much of classical music is bound up in big forms: mammoth symphonies, flashy concertos and grand operas. But there are also plenty of profound and beautiful moments in classical music that are ...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was not a child prodigy like his contemporaries Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Franz Liszt (1811-1886)—or his wife Clara (1819-1896). Clara ...

The coming together of poetry and music in the form of the French lied is often attributed only to French influences, for example inspiration from the poetry of Paul Verlaine. This nationalistic ...

Schumann remains one of the most misunderstood of all composers. Cellist and Schumann devotee Steven Isserlis peers behind the myths Thanks for exploring the Gramophone website. Sign up for a free ...

He was an ambivalent genius and a manic-depressive whose tragic end colored our perception of his works. Only in recent years has the music world come to better understand Robert Schumann's creative ...

Robert Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale, op. 52 (with additional movement, Childhood Dreams, composed in the style of Schumann by Paul Chihara) One of the cliché criticisms of Robert Schumann is ...

Schumann is a key figure in the Romantic movement; none investigated the Romantic’s obsession with feeling and passion quite so thoroughly as him. Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Verdi and ...

The insane asylum in Bonn where composer Robert Schumann died now hosts a music festival in his honor. Festival co-founder Markus Schuck explains what makes the city's connection to Schumann so ...