en years, writing there a great variety of
articles, and in 1844 resigned the editor's chair to Brendel and
removed to Duesseldorf. It was from Duesseldorf that he wrote his famous
article about the newly-risen star of Johannes Brahms.

In 1840 he succeeded in overcoming Wieck's objections to a marriage
with the young Clara, who was then a very distinguished piano virtuoso,
and in the same year he received a doctorate from the University of
Jena. In 1839 and 1840 he composed a very large number of songs--viz.,
one hundred in all. In 1841 his first symphony was played at the
Gewandhaus in Leipsic, and in 1843, upon the founding of the Leipsic
Conservatory by Mendelssohn, Schumann was appointed teacher of playing
from score. As he was practically no teacher at all, and found the
duties irksome, he soon resigned this position and lived for a while at
Dresden, and made a number of concert tours to various foreign
countries with his wife, his own works forming generally a part of the
program. It is told of one of these journeys that at some court or
other where they were graciously received, the amiable prince, after
complimenting the brilliant young pianist upon the solidity of her
work, continued, "And is your husband also musical?" At that time Mr.
Schumann was the husband of Clara Wieck, rather than Clara Wieck the
wife of Robert Schumann.

Early in 1851 Schumann's mind began to show signs of giving way, and in
1853 he was removed to a retreat for the insane, where he died in 1856.

Schumann's compositions comprise four rather large volumes of piano
works, four symphonies for grand orchestra, and a number of chamber
works of different kinds, of which the quintet for piano and strings is
perhaps the most successful; about 100 songs, one opera, several
cantatas, a series of music pieces for "Faust," to be played in
connection with the drama, etc.

In his lifetime his piano music had very slight recognition from any
quarter, its novelties both in the subject-matter of the music and in
the manner of treating the piano making it practically impossible for
piano players at that day, and it was only about the time of Schumann's
death that his piano music began to attract attention upon a
considerable scale. Schumann's Symphony in B-flat had a great success
under Mendelssohn's direction in Leipsic in 1841, but it was played in
very few other places for a number of years, although it was an
extremely bright and interes