COMPOSER

Robert Schumann

1810 - 1856

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Robert Schumann (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈʃuːman]; 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber groups, orchestra, choir and the opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Schumann has received more than 3,980,990 page views. His biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 99 in 2019). Robert Schumann is the 11th most popular composer (up from 15th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Germany (up from 34th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Composer.

Robert Schumann is most famous for being a German composer and pianist. He is also famous for his symphonies, piano concertos, and solo piano works.

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  • 82.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 100

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 18.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Robert Schumann ranks 11 out of 1,451. Before him are Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, and George Frideric Handel. After him are Antonín Dvořák, Gustav Mahler, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, and Edvard Grieg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Robert Schumann ranks 2. Before him is Frédéric Chopin. After him are Pope Leo XIII, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, P. T. Barnum, Theodor Schwann, Alfred de Musset, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Éliphas Lévi, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and Ernst Kummer. Among people deceased in 1856, Robert Schumann ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Heine, Amedeo Avogadro, Max Stirner, Adolphe Adam, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Paul Delaroche, Ivan Paskevich, Étienne Cabet, Ľudovít Štúr, 11th Dalai Lama, and Théodore Chassériau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Robert Schumann ranks 24 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens (1577), Max Weber (1864), George Frideric Handel (1685), Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), and Frederick the Great (1712). After him are Friedrich Engels (1820), Max Planck (1858), Johannes Brahms (1833), Karl Dönitz (1891), Anne Frank (1929), and Friedrich Schiller (1759).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Robert Schumann ranks 5. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Richard Wagner (1813), and George Frideric Handel (1685). After him are Johannes Brahms (1833), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Richard Strauss (1864), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), and Carl Orff (1895).

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