Robert Schumann: the life and work of a romantic composer

Early years (1810-28)

Intermezzo I. An awkward age

Student years (1828-34)

Intermezo II. Figments of the imagination

The Neue Zeitschrift für Musik

The early piano pieces

Intermezzo III. "No, what I hear are blows"

Probationary years in Leipzig (1835-40)

The "year of song" (1840)

Intermezzo IV. Twilight

Married life in Leipzig visit to Russia (1840-44)

Intermezzo V. The magic of allusions

Schumann as a public figure in the years before the March Revolution of 1848

Intermezzo VI. In modo d'una marcia

The Dresden years (1845-50)

Intermezzo VII. Genoveva is not Lohengrin

Director of Music in Düsseldorf (1850-54)

Intermezzo VIII. The road to freedom

The late works

Intermezzo IX. "A sugary Saxon"?

Endenich (1854-56).