Robert Schumann was a (a)   period composer.

When was Robert Schumann born? Give date. (Ex. ??/??/????)

(a)  

When Robert Schumann died? Give date. (Ex. ??/??/????)

(a)  

How old was Robert Schumann when he died? Give number.

(a)  

Robert Schumann's father was an author and book dealer in (a)   , the German town where Schumann was born.

Robert also fell in love with music. As a kid, he took piano, flute and cello lessons, and also started (a)   .

When he was a teenager, Schumann still wasn't sure whether he wanted to be a writer or a composer when he grew up. But after heading off to the University of Leipzig to study law, he knew he didn't want to be a (a)   .

When he was a teenager, Schumann still wasn't sure whether he wanted to be a writer or a (a)   when he grew up. But after heading off to the University of Leipzig to study law, he knew he didn't want to be a lawyer.

In (a)   , Schumann took piano lessons with a teacher named Friedrich Wieck, whose star pupil was his daughter Clara.

The whole year following their wedding, Schumann was so in love that he couldn't stop composing songs. That became known as Schumann's Year of (a)   .

Schumann then went off on a couple of other year-long binges. The next year, he worked on three out of his four numbered symphonies, and the following year was Schumann's year for chamber music — pieces written for small groups of (a)   .

Even though a hand injury kept Schumann from becoming a concert pianist, there was still a famous pianist in the house -- his wife (a)   .

Even though a hand injury kept Schumann from becoming a concert pianist, there was still a famous pianist in the house -- his wife Clara. She gave the first performance of many of his pieces, including his _____ _____.

(a)  

When the Schumanns' daughter Marie turned seven, her father gave her a small album of piano pieces that he'd written for her. Later, he added to it, and published it as the Album for the Young 18 pieces for little kids, and (a)   more for older ones.