ROBERT SCHUMANN by Olivia Connell
Biography
Full Name: Robert Alexander Schumann
DOB: June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Saxony (Now Zwickau, Germany)
Spouse: Clara Weick (1819-1896), married in 1840, and remained married to her until his death.
Children: Marie (1841-1929), Elise (1843-1928), Julie (1845-1872), Emil (1846-1847), Ludwig (1848-1899), Ferdinand (1849-1891), Eugenie (1851-1938), and Felix (1854-1879).
DOD: July 29, 1856 (Age 46), Bonn, Germany (Dr. Franz Richarz’s sanatorium)
He fought a battle with depression and mental illness and requested that he be put in an asylum in 1854, where he died two years later. His son, Ludwig, also suffered from mental illness and died after 31 years in an asylum. Psychiatrists have studied the symptoms and their hypothesis is that based on his behavior and his family history, he had schizophrenia or a bipolar disorder (Domschke).
Career:
According to his biography in “Funk and Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia”, Schumann’s initial career pursuit was in law, with piano, which he started at age ten, acting as a hobby. Eventually he began pursuing piano as a career, but his career was cut short by a hand injury, “the result, some said, of a contraption he had built to encourage independence of the fingers, but according to others a side effect of mercury poisoning after treatment for syphilis”, which is when he began composing, which he did until he died (Duchen).
Works Cited
Domschke, Katharina. "Robert Schumann’s Contribution to the Genetics of Psychosis – Psychiatry in Music." The British Journal of Psychology 196.4 (2010): 325. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.
Duchen, Jessica. "Robert Schumann." Classical-Music.com. Immediate Media Company Ltd., 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.
Schumann, Robert. “Stueckchen (Little Piece), No. 5”, in Album für die Jugend, Op.68, 2nd edition. Ludwig Richter (Hamburg: Schuberth, 1849). 10.
"Schumann, Robert Alexander." Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2014. Web.
Biography
Full Name: Robert Alexander Schumann
DOB: June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Saxony (Now Zwickau, Germany)
Spouse: Clara Weick (1819-1896), married in 1840, and remained married to her until his death.
Children: Marie (1841-1929), Elise (1843-1928), Julie (1845-1872), Emil (1846-1847), Ludwig (1848-1899), Ferdinand (1849-1891), Eugenie (1851-1938), and Felix (1854-1879).
DOD: July 29, 1856 (Age 46), Bonn, Germany (Dr. Franz Richarz’s sanatorium)
He fought a battle with depression and mental illness and requested that he be put in an asylum in 1854, where he died two years later. His son, Ludwig, also suffered from mental illness and died after 31 years in an asylum. Psychiatrists have studied the symptoms and their hypothesis is that based on his behavior and his family history, he had schizophrenia or a bipolar disorder (Domschke).
Career:
According to his biography in “Funk and Wagnall’s New World Encyclopedia”, Schumann’s initial career pursuit was in law, with piano, which he started at age ten, acting as a hobby. Eventually he began pursuing piano as a career, but his career was cut short by a hand injury, “the result, some said, of a contraption he had built to encourage independence of the fingers, but according to others a side effect of mercury poisoning after treatment for syphilis”, which is when he began composing, which he did until he died (Duchen).
Works Cited
Domschke, Katharina. "Robert Schumann’s Contribution to the Genetics of Psychosis – Psychiatry in Music." The British Journal of Psychology 196.4 (2010): 325. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.
Duchen, Jessica. "Robert Schumann." Classical-Music.com. Immediate Media Company Ltd., 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.
Schumann, Robert. “Stueckchen (Little Piece), No. 5”, in Album für die Jugend, Op.68, 2nd edition. Ludwig Richter (Hamburg: Schuberth, 1849). 10.
"Schumann, Robert Alexander." Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, 2014. Web.