Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818

Eugène Delacroix, Death of Sardanapalus, 1827, taking its Orientalist subject from a play by Lord Byron

Kinderszenen - "Scenes from Childhood"by Robert Schumann, is a set of thirteen pieces of music for piano written in 1838. In this work, Schumann provides us with his adult reminiscences of childhood

"Folksong For Clarinet" Sheet Music: www.onlinesheetmusic.com

Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818

Carl Spitzweg German painter,19th century Genre Painting,German artists,Romanticism

Clara Schumann, (1819 -1896) German pianist, composer, and wife of composer Robert Schumann. She studied piano from the age of five and by 1835 had established a reputation throughout Europe as a child prodigy. Despite strong objections from her father, she married Schumann in1840, and they had eight children between 1841 and 1854. Though family responsibilities curtailed her career, she taught at the Leipzig Conservatory, composed, and toured frequently.

Drawing of Robert and Clara Schumann

Clara and Robert: "Should we have this piano tuned, dearest?"

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was a composer of the Romantic Era who wrote symphonies, concertos, chamber music, piano works and many songs inspired by poetry. His wife Clara was also a respected pianist and composer. Tragically Schumann suffered from mental illness and died in an asylum.