1. Schumann
By being an author, publisher, and lover of books, Friedrich Schumann influenced his child's younger years; Robert spent much of his time reading books such as the Greek classics, the imaginary Romantic tales of Byron and Sir Walkter Scott, as well as other Romantic literature and poetry. ... A short time after, Schumann's mother gave her approval, letting her son live with the Wieck family at Leipzig. ... To spite Wieck, the two married on September 12th, 1840, one day before Clara's twenty- first birthday. Clara wrote in her diary: First came chorale, and after that a sh...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate
