Schuman, C. (English) SchumanC

...German composer. Considered a representative figure of romanticism in music. Born in Zwickau, a small city in Saxony, to a bookseller's father, Schumann first studied law at the University of Leipzig and the University of Heidelberg. He later earned a doctorate from the University of Jena for his writing activities, and can be said to be a representative figure of the modern type of composer as an intellectual and cultured person. His creative career can be divided into three periods. In the early period, when he was in his 20s, Schumann decided to make a living in music, so he gave up his law studies and became a pupil of piano teacher Friedrich Wieck in Leipzig, where he also worked on composition and criticism. ...

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…ドイツの作曲家。音楽におけるロマン主義の代表的存在とされる。ザクセンの中小都市ツウィッカウに書籍商を父として生まれ，ライプチヒ大学，ハイデルベルク大学で初め法律を学んだ。のちに文筆活動によりイェーナ大学から博士号も得ているシューマンは，近代の知的教養人としての作曲家のタイプを代表する存在ともいえる。その創作活動は3期に分けて考えることができる。初期は20歳代で，音楽で身を立てる決心をしたシューマンは，法律の勉強を打ち切り，ライプチヒでピアノ教師ウィークFriedrich Wieckの弟子になり，作曲や評論にも取り組む。…

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