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Robert Schumann was known for his many talents, which included music criticism as well as music composition. He was also known to be a brilliant pianist before a self-inflicted hand injury end that career. Robert Schumann compositions are best remembered for their innovation and musical experimentation.  He was, as a composer, driven to originality and his music reflects this drive to innovate. He left behind dozens of compositions created before his death at age 46, including a list more than 150 songs written for piano in a single year. And his influence continued to be felt in the person of Brahms who studied under both Robert and his wife Clara.

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Robert Schumann facts are at once interesting and sad. He was born in 1810 to the son of a publisher and writer. He became known in his time for his duel talents for music criticism and classical composition, the latter of which relied upon much innovation of, and experimentation in, musical style. He is today known as one of the most influential of composer in the Romantic era of Classical music. Schumann married the daughter of a man with whom he was in legal battles. That woman became Clara Schumann, a famous pianists and composure in her own right. She also bore and was largely responsible for supporting eight children. Robert Schumann, though acclaimed, suffered mental illness and eventually took his life while in an asylum at age 46.

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