1. Schumann
And although he did not seem to be destined to become a composer, music soon became very important to him, displaying multiple talents in performance and composition. ... Schumann soon moved to Heidelberg for a change of scene, but started to dismiss law for music even more than before. On November 11, 1829, Schumann finally wrote to his mother about his arrived decision, "If ever I were to have achieved anything in the world, it would have been in music."" ... Yet relief began in 1834 when Schumann founded a music journal, the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik, which became one of the most impo...
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