His father gladly ordered the music for him, ever supportive of whatever Robert wanted to study. ... When August died in 1826, Robert had been wrestling with the decision of pursuing a career in music or in literature. Johanna, now without August to encourage Robert, insisted that he go to Leipzig to study law, calling his musical aspiration a "breadless art- (Schauffler, 1945, p. 16). ... The friends he made there were not fellows who excelled at the study of law but of music, and his favorite professors were also amateur musicians. ... While studying with Wieck, who he had moved in with,...

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