He falls in love for the first time-with Emilie Lorenz who ten years later will marry his older brother Julius and become his sister-in-law.ġ819 (aged 9) During a visit to Leipzig, Robert hears his first opera ( Die Zauberflöte) and is overcome with enthusiasm. This great pianist becomes his idol and Robert decides to emulate him-he intensifies his piano studies. In August he goes to Karlsbad with his mother, where he encounters for the first time Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870). This dwelling is razed to the ground in March 1945.ġ818 (aged 8) Robert develops his talent at the piano, particularly as an improviser able to portray the characteristics of friends in musical terms- Chopin in Carnaval is prefigured in these youthful musical games.
Owing to the success of the family business it is now possible for August Schumann to buy a house of his own: the family moves into a new dwelling in the Amtgasse, the home of the young Robert for eleven years, where his talents in both literature and music develop side by side. She looks after him for two and a half years before he returns to his parental home in 1816.ġ816 (aged 6) Robert begins his schooling in Zwickau, and receives his first music theory lessons from August Vollert.ġ817 (aged 7) Robert receives his first piano lessons from Johann Gottfried Kuntsch (1775–1855). This substantial and roomy dwelling doubles as home and business premises, and is rented by the Schumanns between 18.ġ4 June Robert is baptized in the house of his birth since being rebuilt in 1956 this has become the Robert Schumann Museum in Zwickau.ġ813 (aged 3) Robert goes to live with his godmother, Frau Ruppius.
1810 8 June At 9.30 pm Robert, fifth and last child of August Schumann (1773–1826)-author, book dealer and publisher-and his wife Christiane, née Schnabel (1767–1836), is born in Zwickau, Saxony, on the top floor of the house at the corner of the Marktplatz.
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