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the legacy section seems a bit more like an editorial than an encyclopedia entry; i don't really know enough about schumann to make any useful changes, but just thought i'd point that out.
65.185.213.33 added this article and several others to the Pantheists category. Can anyone corroborate this, or is it simple vandalism? Charivari 08:16, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
COPYRIGHT VIOLATION --This article seems to be copied word for word, with only minor alterations and additions, from [1]. It is evidently under copyright to Soylent Communications 2006. Surely, it should be deleted, yes? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.71.220.231 ( talk • contribs) .
I've removed 'September' from the 1835-39 section: the month is given as October in the 'after 1850' section, and this is in fact correct. Brahms first called at Schumann's house on 30 September 1853 but he was not at home: his daughter Marie told Brahms to come back the next day. The first meeting was therefore on 1 October. This is in Eugenie Schumann's autobiography. Cenedi 11:06, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
This phrase is vague enough to avoid the charge of 'peacocking'. If we say that Schumann was a great composer, and one of the greatest of German romantic composers, we merely say what every other reference work says. Viz. Larrousse: "Robert Schumann, the middle class boy from the provinces who was to become one of the greatest Romantic composers and one of the most outstanding geniuses in the history of music..."
I have deleted some non-notable sites where there were brief redundant articles. Then I deleted a 404-error link from pianosociety.com/index.php (if anyone wish to report the correct one...?). Then the dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/song.html link was of very difficoult navigation (I couldn't find anything). Alegreen 15:39, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
"Here the work is discussed by the imaginary characters Florestan (the embodiment of Schumann's passionate, voluble side) and Eusebius (his dreamy, introspective side) -the counterparts of Vult and Walt in Jean Paul's novel Flegeljahre; and a third, Meister Raro, is called upon for his opinion. Raro may represent either the composer himself, Wieck, or the combination of the two (ClaRA + RObert)." Clara is first mentioned here as "combination of the two". At this point, however, the reader doesn't know that this refers to Clara Schumann. Could something be done about this? I think Clara Schumann is notable enough as a person to be mentioned even in the first paragraph of the article, something along the lines: "He was the husband of Clara Schumann". Afterall, Robert Schumann is mentioned in the first sentence of the Clara Schumann article. ;-)-- Wormsie 13:58, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know where a full list of Schumann's works can be found? The link to the list of works gives only works WITH opus numbers. And what about works without opus numbers? I ask this because I got a piece of music (Schumann's) which instead of opus number has this - WoO 28. As I understand WoO means without opus. Please help!
You're right! I got it on a CD with 'Fantasiestücke op.12! Thanks!
Re the edit of 12 August 2004: I have no idea who Eric Frederik Jensen is, or what evidence he adduces that Schumann had no middle name. I'd like to see it, though.
The question from today's edit: "what's more, when do you ever see or hear it?" seems to be an argument not to state his middle name, even if it was completely accepted that he had one. I reject that argument - all of Wikipedia's biographical articles start with the subject's full name to the extent that we know it, yet the vast majority of our subjects used only their first given name.
But to answer the question, Grove and Slonimsky both start their articles with Schumann, Robert (Alexander). JackofOz 01:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Schumann wrote a piece for piano and three voices (SSA) called Nänie, words by Ludwig Bechstein) (opus 114 No 1) - a recording of which I have uploaded to the Schumann page (GFDL - my own performance). It is in fact a lament for a dead pet bird. I notice that Nänie has an article of its own in wikipedia but only refers to the SATB piece by Brahms (different and much more serious words). Is it advisable to create a disambiguation page? Can someone more wiki-savvy than the undersigned possibly do this? If so I can send the words of the Schumann piece. Thanks Dwsolo 06:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC)dwsolo
We need more than just years and dates for these paragraph titles. We should have labels of events in his life, what he was doing at the time, like in other biography articles. "Early life (1832-1857)", "Work in London (1874-1882)", &c. VolatileChemical 06:01, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Methinks that large chunks of this article were lifted from a second-rate source. I don't know which, but there are common patterns—odd ways of putting things, vagueness, unsupported claims.
Needs an overhaul. Tony (talk) 12:54, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
A little bit of work done on the overhaul, but it definitely needs more. DJRafe ( talk) 08:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Meaning what? What was this all about? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.101.153.231 ( talk) 01:39, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Clara sued her father for permission to marry Bob. The courtroom scene is dramatized in Song of Love (which is not that bad a biopic). WilliamSommerwerck ( talk) 15:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
Three possible causes for the hand injury are put forward in the article, all without specific citations. I am not up to date with the Schumann literature, so please can others discuss the relative merits of the theories? I do not think the contraption implicated in one theory was of Schumann's own invention. How syphilis medication can injure a hand needs to be clarified. The evidence for the "surgical procedure" that Schumann is supposed to have carried out needs to be explained more fully (and what might have driven him to risk so much in going to such lengths). If any of these theories are speculative then the article should say so. -- RobertG ♬ talk 09:25, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
The following was recently added to the lead:
It is simplistic and not altogether true. Every artist's mental state affects his style. I believe bipolar disorder is now viewed as a hopelessly simplistic diagnosis of Schumann's condition. Eusebius, Florestan and Raro do need to be documented, but in the article not in the lead. "Schitzophrenia" is merely mentioned in order to be discounted. For these reasons I restored the previous version. -- RobertG ♬ talk 09:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Robert Schumann was friends with Niels W. Gade. He even composed a song, "Norse Song", for Gade, the first four chords of which are G, A, D, and E, respectively. It is mentioned in the Gade article that he was friends with Schumann, should it not be mentioned in the Schumann article that he was friends with Gade? 24.15.53.225 ( talk) 04:53, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm familiar with the "Norse Song" but I don't think there is a vocal version of it. (It's not a real "song" except for its title.) It is a piano piece and a part of "Album for the Young" and is also called "Greetings to Gade" if my memory is correct. Ed ( talk) 23:33, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Gade, although highly significant in Danish musical history, does not rate highly in world musical history, whereas Schumann is a world figure (although the activity and interest in this article would hardly bear this out, Steven Isserlis where are you). Schumann was also friends with Ludwig Schunke, Norbert Burgmueller and Albert Dietrich, all talented composers. I don't think also that Joachim is mentioned in this article. Eusebius12 ( talk) 15:55, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
I noticed that the article says Schumann wrote only one opera Genoveva. However, I believe he wrote another one, Der Corsar, prior to Genoveva in 1844. I know a fragment of it exists and had its world premiere in 1981. I am not sure, however, whether it was an uncoompleted opera or whether it was a full opera where only part of the score survived. See here: [2]. Nrswanson ( talk) 00:42, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
I've reviewed this article as part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles. You can read my detailed review on the comments page. Article is B-class; there is room to improve it. Magic ♪piano 18:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
According to Jensen, seems to have been written 1832-3 - winter of 1832 is accurate but misleading; one finds "written in 1832" in some places, where it was in fact finished in 1833. (I know, who cares...) Schissel | Sound the Note! 00:26, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Will there be any discussion about the newly discovered piece, "Ahnung"? 95.208.70.218 ( talk) 22:15, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
CONTENTS BOX IS TOO LOW ON PAGE, COMING AFTER 4TH PARAGRAPH — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:62:5E15:FE01:14E6:738:727A:1239 ( talk) 09:46, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
The automatically generated contents box was tucked away in the Comments part of the WikiProject Biography box because it contains subsections. There, it would be hidden from most eyes. I have added __TOC__ after the box templates to force the contents box to be put where most people would expect it. -- Stfg ( talk) 19:05, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
P.S. The comments parts of the box templates are indexed in the TOC, but the links only jump to them if the comments parts are shown, not if they are hidden. It may feel a bit strange. If anyone has enough technical wizardry to solve that, please do :)) -- Stfg ( talk) 19:09, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
The 1840-49 section included this confusing sentence (with particularly quirky punctuation), "The strain of this long courtship, (they finally married in 1840) and its consummation led to this great outpouring of lieder (vocal songs with piano accompaniment)." I tentatively changed it to "The strain of this long courtship (they finally married in 1840), and of its consummation, led to this great outpouring of lieder (vocal songs with piano accompaniment)." Would someone knowledgeable and/or with access to the requisite reference works please verify whether my interpretation is correct? Some rephrasing may be desirable for clarity. Hertz1888 ( talk) 20:22, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
As of 8 Oct 2012, he introduction to the article states that Robert married Clara just a day before she was of legal age, and that if they had waited only one more day they wouldn't have needed her father's permission. But the body of the article states he married her after she was of legal age and no longer needed her father's permission.
The following link indicates that Schumann was left-handed.
http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/fam_entertainment.html
Does anyone have another reference to substantiate this? If so, should this be added to the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhiteOak2006 ( talk • contribs) 02:30, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I'm currently working on a userfied copy of this article to try and get it up to at least GA (hopefully FA) status. If you want to make any changes, then, as always, go ahead and make them! (I'm watching the article and will write any changes into my version.)
Note: This is just a courtesy notice that I'm working on the article so people know. This DOES NOT mean or (I hope) imply ownership of the article.
Jackc143 (
talk)
14:13, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
The following sentence needs to be rethought and rewritten: "The fusion of literary ideas with musical ones – known as program music – may be said to have first taken shape in Papillons, Op. 2 (Butterflies), a musical portrayal of events in Jean Paul's novel Die Flegeljahre." WilliamSommerwerck ( talk) 01:18, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
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==Composers Project Assessment of Robert Schumann: 2008-11-19==
This is an assessment of article Robert Schumann by a member of the Composers project, according to its assessment criteria. This review was done by Magicpiano. If an article is well-cited, the reviewer is assuming that the article reflects reasonably current scholarship, and deficiencies in the historical record that are documented in a particular area will be appropriately scored. If insufficient inline citations are present, the reviewer will assume that deficiencies in that area may be cured, and that area may be scored down. Adherence to overall Wikipedia standards ( WP:MOS, WP:WIAGA, WP:WIAFA) are the reviewer's opinion, and are not a substitute for the Wikipedia's processes for awarding Good Article or Featured Article status. ===Origins/family background/studies=== Does the article reflect what is known about the composer's background and childhood? If s/he received musical training as a child, who from, is the experience and nature of the early teachers' influences described?
===Early career=== Does the article indicate when s/he started composing, discuss early style, success/failure? Are other pedagogic and personal influences from this time on his/her music discussed?
===Mature career=== Does the article discuss his/her adult life and composition history? Are other pedagogic and personal influences from this time on his/her music discussed?
===List(s) of works=== Are lists of the composer's works in WP, linked from this article? If there are special catalogs (e.g. Köchel for Mozart, Hoboken for Haydn), are they used? If the composer has written more than 20-30 works, any exhaustive listing should be placed in a separate article.
===Critical appreciation=== Does the article discuss his/her style, reception by critics and the public (both during his/her life, and over time)?
===Illustrations and sound clips=== Does the article contain images of its subject, birthplace, gravesite or other memorials, important residences, manuscript pages, museums, etc? Does it contain samples of the composer's work (as composer and/or performer, if appropriate)? (Note that since many 20th-century works are copyrighted, it may not be possible to acquire more than brief fair use samples of those works, but efforts should be made to do so.) If an article is of high enough quality, do its images and media comply with image use policy and non-free content policy? (Adherence to these is needed for Good Article or Featured Article consideration, and is apparently a common reason for nominations being quick-failed.)
===References, sources and bibliography=== Does the article contain a suitable number of references? Does it contain sufficient inline citations? (For an article to pass Good Article nomination, every paragraph possibly excepting those in the lead, and every direct quotation, should have at least one footnote.) If appropriate, does it include Further Reading or Bibliography beyond the cited references?
===Structure and compliance with WP:MOS=== Does the article comply with Wikipedia style and layout guidelines, especially WP:MOS, WP:LEAD, WP:LAYOUT, and possibly WP:SIZE? (Article length is not generally significant, although Featured Articles Candidates may be questioned for excessive length.)
===Things that may be necessary to pass a Good Article review===
===Summary=== This article appears to be largely based on EB1911 text. While the bio is reasonably complete (it feels weak in the personal aspects, seeming to be mainly focused on his professional work), significantly improving and citing it will probably require a rewrite as a consequence of its EB1911 heritage. The stylistic discussion of his music is lacking, and while is influences are discussed, there is not much comment on popular reception (either contemporaneous or modern). The article has a few references, but only has minimal inline citations, a significant defect for GA/FA consideration. This article is B-class. Improving the musical commentary will have the largest impact on raising this. Magic ♪piano 18:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
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Robert aspired to be a pianist, but was unable to do that because he injured his hands, using practice devices he had invented. Marlindale ( talk) 22:47, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
More references have been requested, June 2017. Some may be found among references to the article on Clara. She is known more as a pianist than a composer. She has an autobiography based on diaries and letters. Marlindale ( talk) 16:01, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
According to Judith Chernaik's 2018 biography Schumann: The Faces and the Masks (pp. 299-301), it is "virtually certain" that the cause of Schumann's death was "tertiary syphilis." – Sca ( talk) 14:35, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 |
the legacy section seems a bit more like an editorial than an encyclopedia entry; i don't really know enough about schumann to make any useful changes, but just thought i'd point that out.
65.185.213.33 added this article and several others to the Pantheists category. Can anyone corroborate this, or is it simple vandalism? Charivari 08:16, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
COPYRIGHT VIOLATION --This article seems to be copied word for word, with only minor alterations and additions, from [1]. It is evidently under copyright to Soylent Communications 2006. Surely, it should be deleted, yes? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.71.220.231 ( talk • contribs) .
I've removed 'September' from the 1835-39 section: the month is given as October in the 'after 1850' section, and this is in fact correct. Brahms first called at Schumann's house on 30 September 1853 but he was not at home: his daughter Marie told Brahms to come back the next day. The first meeting was therefore on 1 October. This is in Eugenie Schumann's autobiography. Cenedi 11:06, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
This phrase is vague enough to avoid the charge of 'peacocking'. If we say that Schumann was a great composer, and one of the greatest of German romantic composers, we merely say what every other reference work says. Viz. Larrousse: "Robert Schumann, the middle class boy from the provinces who was to become one of the greatest Romantic composers and one of the most outstanding geniuses in the history of music..."
I have deleted some non-notable sites where there were brief redundant articles. Then I deleted a 404-error link from pianosociety.com/index.php (if anyone wish to report the correct one...?). Then the dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/song.html link was of very difficoult navigation (I couldn't find anything). Alegreen 15:39, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
"Here the work is discussed by the imaginary characters Florestan (the embodiment of Schumann's passionate, voluble side) and Eusebius (his dreamy, introspective side) -the counterparts of Vult and Walt in Jean Paul's novel Flegeljahre; and a third, Meister Raro, is called upon for his opinion. Raro may represent either the composer himself, Wieck, or the combination of the two (ClaRA + RObert)." Clara is first mentioned here as "combination of the two". At this point, however, the reader doesn't know that this refers to Clara Schumann. Could something be done about this? I think Clara Schumann is notable enough as a person to be mentioned even in the first paragraph of the article, something along the lines: "He was the husband of Clara Schumann". Afterall, Robert Schumann is mentioned in the first sentence of the Clara Schumann article. ;-)-- Wormsie 13:58, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know where a full list of Schumann's works can be found? The link to the list of works gives only works WITH opus numbers. And what about works without opus numbers? I ask this because I got a piece of music (Schumann's) which instead of opus number has this - WoO 28. As I understand WoO means without opus. Please help!
You're right! I got it on a CD with 'Fantasiestücke op.12! Thanks!
Re the edit of 12 August 2004: I have no idea who Eric Frederik Jensen is, or what evidence he adduces that Schumann had no middle name. I'd like to see it, though.
The question from today's edit: "what's more, when do you ever see or hear it?" seems to be an argument not to state his middle name, even if it was completely accepted that he had one. I reject that argument - all of Wikipedia's biographical articles start with the subject's full name to the extent that we know it, yet the vast majority of our subjects used only their first given name.
But to answer the question, Grove and Slonimsky both start their articles with Schumann, Robert (Alexander). JackofOz 01:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Schumann wrote a piece for piano and three voices (SSA) called Nänie, words by Ludwig Bechstein) (opus 114 No 1) - a recording of which I have uploaded to the Schumann page (GFDL - my own performance). It is in fact a lament for a dead pet bird. I notice that Nänie has an article of its own in wikipedia but only refers to the SATB piece by Brahms (different and much more serious words). Is it advisable to create a disambiguation page? Can someone more wiki-savvy than the undersigned possibly do this? If so I can send the words of the Schumann piece. Thanks Dwsolo 06:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC)dwsolo
We need more than just years and dates for these paragraph titles. We should have labels of events in his life, what he was doing at the time, like in other biography articles. "Early life (1832-1857)", "Work in London (1874-1882)", &c. VolatileChemical 06:01, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Methinks that large chunks of this article were lifted from a second-rate source. I don't know which, but there are common patterns—odd ways of putting things, vagueness, unsupported claims.
Needs an overhaul. Tony (talk) 12:54, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
A little bit of work done on the overhaul, but it definitely needs more. DJRafe ( talk) 08:43, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Meaning what? What was this all about? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.101.153.231 ( talk) 01:39, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Clara sued her father for permission to marry Bob. The courtroom scene is dramatized in Song of Love (which is not that bad a biopic). WilliamSommerwerck ( talk) 15:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
Three possible causes for the hand injury are put forward in the article, all without specific citations. I am not up to date with the Schumann literature, so please can others discuss the relative merits of the theories? I do not think the contraption implicated in one theory was of Schumann's own invention. How syphilis medication can injure a hand needs to be clarified. The evidence for the "surgical procedure" that Schumann is supposed to have carried out needs to be explained more fully (and what might have driven him to risk so much in going to such lengths). If any of these theories are speculative then the article should say so. -- RobertG ♬ talk 09:25, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
The following was recently added to the lead:
It is simplistic and not altogether true. Every artist's mental state affects his style. I believe bipolar disorder is now viewed as a hopelessly simplistic diagnosis of Schumann's condition. Eusebius, Florestan and Raro do need to be documented, but in the article not in the lead. "Schitzophrenia" is merely mentioned in order to be discounted. For these reasons I restored the previous version. -- RobertG ♬ talk 09:39, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Robert Schumann was friends with Niels W. Gade. He even composed a song, "Norse Song", for Gade, the first four chords of which are G, A, D, and E, respectively. It is mentioned in the Gade article that he was friends with Schumann, should it not be mentioned in the Schumann article that he was friends with Gade? 24.15.53.225 ( talk) 04:53, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm familiar with the "Norse Song" but I don't think there is a vocal version of it. (It's not a real "song" except for its title.) It is a piano piece and a part of "Album for the Young" and is also called "Greetings to Gade" if my memory is correct. Ed ( talk) 23:33, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Gade, although highly significant in Danish musical history, does not rate highly in world musical history, whereas Schumann is a world figure (although the activity and interest in this article would hardly bear this out, Steven Isserlis where are you). Schumann was also friends with Ludwig Schunke, Norbert Burgmueller and Albert Dietrich, all talented composers. I don't think also that Joachim is mentioned in this article. Eusebius12 ( talk) 15:55, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
I noticed that the article says Schumann wrote only one opera Genoveva. However, I believe he wrote another one, Der Corsar, prior to Genoveva in 1844. I know a fragment of it exists and had its world premiere in 1981. I am not sure, however, whether it was an uncoompleted opera or whether it was a full opera where only part of the score survived. See here: [2]. Nrswanson ( talk) 00:42, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
I've reviewed this article as part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles. You can read my detailed review on the comments page. Article is B-class; there is room to improve it. Magic ♪piano 18:07, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
According to Jensen, seems to have been written 1832-3 - winter of 1832 is accurate but misleading; one finds "written in 1832" in some places, where it was in fact finished in 1833. (I know, who cares...) Schissel | Sound the Note! 00:26, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Will there be any discussion about the newly discovered piece, "Ahnung"? 95.208.70.218 ( talk) 22:15, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
CONTENTS BOX IS TOO LOW ON PAGE, COMING AFTER 4TH PARAGRAPH — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:62:5E15:FE01:14E6:738:727A:1239 ( talk) 09:46, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
The automatically generated contents box was tucked away in the Comments part of the WikiProject Biography box because it contains subsections. There, it would be hidden from most eyes. I have added __TOC__ after the box templates to force the contents box to be put where most people would expect it. -- Stfg ( talk) 19:05, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
P.S. The comments parts of the box templates are indexed in the TOC, but the links only jump to them if the comments parts are shown, not if they are hidden. It may feel a bit strange. If anyone has enough technical wizardry to solve that, please do :)) -- Stfg ( talk) 19:09, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
The 1840-49 section included this confusing sentence (with particularly quirky punctuation), "The strain of this long courtship, (they finally married in 1840) and its consummation led to this great outpouring of lieder (vocal songs with piano accompaniment)." I tentatively changed it to "The strain of this long courtship (they finally married in 1840), and of its consummation, led to this great outpouring of lieder (vocal songs with piano accompaniment)." Would someone knowledgeable and/or with access to the requisite reference works please verify whether my interpretation is correct? Some rephrasing may be desirable for clarity. Hertz1888 ( talk) 20:22, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
As of 8 Oct 2012, he introduction to the article states that Robert married Clara just a day before she was of legal age, and that if they had waited only one more day they wouldn't have needed her father's permission. But the body of the article states he married her after she was of legal age and no longer needed her father's permission.
The following link indicates that Schumann was left-handed.
http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/fam_entertainment.html
Does anyone have another reference to substantiate this? If so, should this be added to the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhiteOak2006 ( talk • contribs) 02:30, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I'm currently working on a userfied copy of this article to try and get it up to at least GA (hopefully FA) status. If you want to make any changes, then, as always, go ahead and make them! (I'm watching the article and will write any changes into my version.)
Note: This is just a courtesy notice that I'm working on the article so people know. This DOES NOT mean or (I hope) imply ownership of the article.
Jackc143 (
talk)
14:13, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
The following sentence needs to be rethought and rewritten: "The fusion of literary ideas with musical ones – known as program music – may be said to have first taken shape in Papillons, Op. 2 (Butterflies), a musical portrayal of events in Jean Paul's novel Die Flegeljahre." WilliamSommerwerck ( talk) 01:18, 5 May 2014 (UTC)
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==Composers Project Assessment of Robert Schumann: 2008-11-19==
This is an assessment of article Robert Schumann by a member of the Composers project, according to its assessment criteria. This review was done by Magicpiano. If an article is well-cited, the reviewer is assuming that the article reflects reasonably current scholarship, and deficiencies in the historical record that are documented in a particular area will be appropriately scored. If insufficient inline citations are present, the reviewer will assume that deficiencies in that area may be cured, and that area may be scored down. Adherence to overall Wikipedia standards ( WP:MOS, WP:WIAGA, WP:WIAFA) are the reviewer's opinion, and are not a substitute for the Wikipedia's processes for awarding Good Article or Featured Article status. ===Origins/family background/studies=== Does the article reflect what is known about the composer's background and childhood? If s/he received musical training as a child, who from, is the experience and nature of the early teachers' influences described?
===Early career=== Does the article indicate when s/he started composing, discuss early style, success/failure? Are other pedagogic and personal influences from this time on his/her music discussed?
===Mature career=== Does the article discuss his/her adult life and composition history? Are other pedagogic and personal influences from this time on his/her music discussed?
===List(s) of works=== Are lists of the composer's works in WP, linked from this article? If there are special catalogs (e.g. Köchel for Mozart, Hoboken for Haydn), are they used? If the composer has written more than 20-30 works, any exhaustive listing should be placed in a separate article.
===Critical appreciation=== Does the article discuss his/her style, reception by critics and the public (both during his/her life, and over time)?
===Illustrations and sound clips=== Does the article contain images of its subject, birthplace, gravesite or other memorials, important residences, manuscript pages, museums, etc? Does it contain samples of the composer's work (as composer and/or performer, if appropriate)? (Note that since many 20th-century works are copyrighted, it may not be possible to acquire more than brief fair use samples of those works, but efforts should be made to do so.) If an article is of high enough quality, do its images and media comply with image use policy and non-free content policy? (Adherence to these is needed for Good Article or Featured Article consideration, and is apparently a common reason for nominations being quick-failed.)
===References, sources and bibliography=== Does the article contain a suitable number of references? Does it contain sufficient inline citations? (For an article to pass Good Article nomination, every paragraph possibly excepting those in the lead, and every direct quotation, should have at least one footnote.) If appropriate, does it include Further Reading or Bibliography beyond the cited references?
===Structure and compliance with WP:MOS=== Does the article comply with Wikipedia style and layout guidelines, especially WP:MOS, WP:LEAD, WP:LAYOUT, and possibly WP:SIZE? (Article length is not generally significant, although Featured Articles Candidates may be questioned for excessive length.)
===Things that may be necessary to pass a Good Article review===
===Summary=== This article appears to be largely based on EB1911 text. While the bio is reasonably complete (it feels weak in the personal aspects, seeming to be mainly focused on his professional work), significantly improving and citing it will probably require a rewrite as a consequence of its EB1911 heritage. The stylistic discussion of his music is lacking, and while is influences are discussed, there is not much comment on popular reception (either contemporaneous or modern). The article has a few references, but only has minimal inline citations, a significant defect for GA/FA consideration. This article is B-class. Improving the musical commentary will have the largest impact on raising this. Magic ♪piano 18:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
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Last edited at 21:43, 9 December 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 04:41, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Robert aspired to be a pianist, but was unable to do that because he injured his hands, using practice devices he had invented. Marlindale ( talk) 22:47, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
More references have been requested, June 2017. Some may be found among references to the article on Clara. She is known more as a pianist than a composer. She has an autobiography based on diaries and letters. Marlindale ( talk) 16:01, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
According to Judith Chernaik's 2018 biography Schumann: The Faces and the Masks (pp. 299-301), it is "virtually certain" that the cause of Schumann's death was "tertiary syphilis." – Sca ( talk) 14:35, 11 March 2019 (UTC)