Daniil Trifonov performs a Tiny Desk concert on Nov. 13, 2017 at NPR Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Jenna Sterner/NPR) Jenna Sterner/NPR/NPR hide caption
Robert Schumann Robert Schumann's entire being was music, informed by dream and fantasy. He was music's quintessential Romantic, always ardent, always striving for the ideal.
Robert Schumann's music evokes the image of a child's dreams. iStock hide caption
Hear What Makes Schumann's 'Traumerei' So Great
Tiny Desk Concert with Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
Robert Schumann wrote his Violin Concerto in 1853. Josef Kriehuber/Wikimedia Commons hide caption
The opening of Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet grabs you by the lapels and says, "Pay attention!" Schumann was born 200 years ago. Getty Images / Hulton Archive hide caption
Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Pianist Jonathan Biss and members of the Elias String Quartet brought their Schumann: Under the Influence program to Carnegie Hall. Melanie Burford/for NPR hide caption
Carnegie Hall Live: Jonathan Biss And The Elias String Quartet
Composer Robert Schumann has his share of critics. Pianist Jonathan Biss is out to prove them wrong. Michael Nicholson/Corbis hide caption
Jonathan Biss Plays Schumann
American pianist Earl Wild performs at his 90th-birthday recital at Carnegie Hall. courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hear Earl Wild, At Age 90, Discuss His Career With Fred Child
Hear Yaron Kohlberg Play Schumann at WGBH
Overture, Scherzo, Finale; Piano Concerto
Lang Lang in Studio 4-A
Audio will be available later today.
Communication was not a strong suit for Robert and Clara Schumann. But music surely was. Lebrecht Music/Corbis hide caption
Jonathan Biss Plays Schumann
Robert Schumann may have been the first to infuse a yearning for music of the past in his own compositions. Joseph Kriehuber/Wikimedia Commons hide caption
Hear Jonathan Biss Play Schumann In The Studio
Many aspects of composer Robert Schumann's life and music have remained largely misunderstood. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Toccata for piano in C major, Op. 7
Glenn Gould would have turned 80 years old on Sept. 25. His legacy includes much more than the music of J.S. Bach. Don Hunstein/Sony Classical hide caption
David Bowie as Thin White Duke, one of his many characters. Michael Putland/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption