Year Event
1810 Robert born in Zwickau
1815 Friedrich and Marianne Wieck married
1819 Clara born in Leipzig
1824 Marianne leaves Friedrich
1826 Robert's sister and father die
1828 Robert to Leipzig. Clara's debut. Friedrich marries Clementine
1829 Robert to Heidelburg
1830 Robert back to Leipzig. Clara's debut as soloist
1831 Clara tour to Paris. Robert's "hats off" article
1832 Clara returns. Marie born. Robert abandons piano
1834 Robert engaged to Ernestine and launches journal
1835 Mendelssohn to Leipzig
1836 Robert and Clara in love
1837 Robert and Clara engaged. Clara to Vienna
1838 Clara to Vienna
1839 Robert appeals to courts. Clara to Paris alone
1840 Robert and Clara marry
1841 Marie born
1842 Clara tour to Denmark
1843 Elise born. Friedrich reconciled
1844 Move to Dresden. Tour to Russia
1845 Julie born
1846 Emil born
1847 Emil dies
1848 Ludwig born
1849 Dresden uprising. Ferdinand born
1850 Move to Dusseldorf
1851 Eugenie born
1852 Schumann week in Leipzig
1853 Joachim and Brahms meet Schumanns Robert dismissed as music director
1854 Robert to Endenich. Felix born
1855 Brahms moves in with Clara
1856 Robert dies. Clara first tour of England
1857 Clara moves to Berlin
1872 Death of Julie
1877
1878 Clara teacher at Frankfurt conservatory
1879 Death of Felix
1888 Final tour of England
1891 Final public appearance. Death of Ferdinand
1896 Clara dies
Compositions
Robert and Clara's Op 1
Papillons
Clara's Piano Concerto. Carnaval
Fantasie in C
Davidsbundlertanze. Souvenir de Vienne
Kinderscenen and Kreisleriana. Scherzo No 1
Faschingsschwank aus Wien
Song Year - Dichterliebe
Orchestral Year - Spring Symphony. Scherzo
Chamber Music Year
Op 13 songs
Robert's Piano Concerto
Clara’s and Robert’s Piano Trios
Clara's concertsatz. Robert's Piano Trio
Clara's choruses. Album for the Young
Robert's most productive year
Rhenish Symphony, cello concerto
Violin sonatas
Mass and Requiem
Clara resumes composing. Robert's violin concerto
Clara edits Robert's works
March
Variations on an Original Theme Piano 1830 1830
Caprices en form de Valse Piano 1831 1832
Romance variee in C Piano 1831 1833
Valses romantiques Piano 1833 1835
Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor Orchestral 1833 1835
An Alexis Song 1833 1833
Rondo in B minor Piano 1833 1833
Variations de Concert in C on Bellini's Il Pirata Cavatina Piano 1834 1837
Waltzer Song 1834 1834
4 pieces characteristiques (soiree musicale) Piano 1835 1835
6 pieces characteristiques (soiree musicale) Piano 1835 1836
Souvenir de Vienne in Eb Impromptu Piano 1837 1838
Scherzo No 1 in D minor Piano 1838 1838
3 Romances Piano 1838 1839
3 Songs Song 1840 1841
6 Songs Song 1840 1843
4 Fugitive Pieces Piano 1840 1844
Am Strand Song 1840 1840
Volkslied Song 1840 1840
Scherzo No 2 in C minor Piano 1841 1841
Die gute Nacht die ich dir sage Song 1841 1841
Sonata in G minor Piano 1841 1842
Liebeszauber Song 1842 1842
Orchestral Works of Robert and Clara Schumann (Clara's works in bold print)
Opus Title Started Finished
Leipzig
Symphony in G minor 1832 (1833)
7 Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor 1833 1835
38 Symphony No 1 in Bb Spring 1841 1841
52 Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E 1841 1841
54 Piano Concerto in A minor 1841 1845
120 Symphony No 4 in D minor 1841 1851
Dresden
61 Symphony No 2 in C 1845 1846
81 Genoveva Overture 1847 1847
"18" Konzertsatz in F minor 1847 (1847)
115 Overture to Manfred 1848 1849
86 Concertstuck in F for 4 horns and orchestra 1849 1849
92 Concertstuck in G for piano and orchestra 1849 1849
Dusseldorf
97 Symphony No 3 in Eb Rhenish 1850 1850
129 Cello Concerto in A minor 1850 1850
100 Overture to Die Braut von Messina in C minor 1850 1851
128 Overture to Julius Caesar in F minor 1851 1851
136 Overture to Hermann und Dorothea in B minor 1851 1851
123 Overture on the Rheinweinlied 1853 1853
131 Fantasie in C for violin and orchestra 1853 1853
134 Introduction and Allegro in D minor for piano and orchestra 1853 1853
Violin Concerto in D minor 1853 1853
Faust Overture 1853 1853
Comments
Unfinished. First movement performed 1832 in Zwickau.
Clara's only surviving completed orchestral work.
First performance under Mendelssohn.
Originally called Suite, then Sinfonette. Not published till 1853.
Originally one movement Fantasie. Dedicated to Clara.
Originally Symphonic Fantasie.
Used part of abandoned symphony in C minor.
Robert's only opera.
Clara completed 175 bars. Reconstructed by Josef de Beenhouwer.
Byron's dramatic poem.
Considered his best work by Robert.
Also called Concert Allegro with Introduction.
Inspired by Cologne cathedral.
Not performed till 1860. Rostropovich's favourite concerto.
Schiller's play.
Shakespeare's play.
Goethe's play.
For the Rhine Festival.
For Joachim.
Dedicated to Brahms.
Suppressed by Joachim and Clara. Published 1937.
Goethe's play.