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Robert Schumann Led A Life of Talent, Trouble
Robert Schumann was born in Saxony in 1810, the youngest of five children born to novelist and publisher August Schumann. The robert schumann biography includes an early life of a mixture of writing and music, resulting in both essays of criticism as well as composition completed when he was seven years old. Schumann’s life, even by the standards of the time was relatively short, and the years in between were a mix of accomplishment and trouble. The accomplishment came in the form of composition and criticism and the trouble in the form of mental instability. His career as pianist was ended by self-inflicted hand wound, and his life was ended, while institutionalized, by suicide.