Literature interested Robert so much that when he was fifteen he created a small society among his friends to interpret readings. ... Robert not only had a passion for literature, but also developed an interest for the organ and piano. ... After Schumann finished his high school studies, his mother sent him to the University of Leipzig for law study. ... In 1831 Schumann began to study counterpoint with Heinrich Dorn, conductor of the Leipzig Opera, along with his multiple other studies. ... This affair went on for four years with many notes written to the other. ...

• Word Count: 4114
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Literature interested Robert so much that when he was fifteen he created a small society among his friends to interpret readings. ... Robert not only had a passion for literature, but also developed an interest for the organ and piano. ... After Schumann finished his high school studies, his mother sent him to the University of Leipzig for law study. ... In 1831 Schumann began to study counterpoint with Heinrich Dorn, conductor of the Leipzig Opera, along with his multiple other studies. ... This affair went on for four years with many notes written to the other. ...

• Word Count: 4114
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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,...

• Word Count: 2854
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School