Robert Schumann was a German composer and critic born in Zwickau on June 8, 1810. A quirky, problematic genius, he wrote some of the greatest music of the Romantic era, and also some of the weakest.

Dr Susan Youens leads a study day looking at the late songs and chamber works of Robert Schumann. She is joined by Dr Laura Tunbridge, Graham Johnson, Eugene Asti and Laura Roberts. The day concludes ...

And you were feeling overwhelmed by the 118 different diagnoses recently tallied for Mozart’s final illness? Consider Robert Schumann, whose bicentennial is being celebrated this year and whose ...