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Schumann
[ shoo-mahn ]
noun
- Clara Clara Wieck, 1819–96, German pianist and composer (wife of Robert Schumann).
- · [rob, -ert, roh, -be, r, t], 1810–56, German composer.
Schumann
/ ˈʃːə /
noun
- SchumannElisabeth18851952FGermanMUSIC: soprano Elisabeth. (eˈliːzabɛt). 1885–1952, German soprano, noted esp for her interpretations of lieder
- SchumannRobert Alexander18101856MGermanMUSIC: composer Robert Alexander. (ˈroːbɛrt alɛˈksandər). 1810–56, German romantic composer, noted esp for his piano music, such as Carneval (1835) and Kreisleriana (1838), his songs, and four symphonies
Example Sentences
She started playing piano by ear when she was 4 and before long was studying the work of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann.
He put the composer first, spending his life digging deeper and deeper into Beethoven, Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Schoenberg.
His great-grandfather, also a conductor, was a supporter of Robert Schumann.
The exhibition on mental health and Schumann is billed as an immersive experience that will explore the composer’s struggles as well as his admiration for the music of Bach.
The program opened with Schumann, ended with Wagner, and by the time it was over, the house, as Bernstein’s brother, Burton, put it, “roared like one giant animal in a zoo.”
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