The Robert Schumann House Museum in Zwickau, Germany When he returned to Leipzig in 1830, he started studying piano with the well-known teacher, Friedrich Wieck, and moved into a room in his teacher’s house. He enrolled in two law schools within two years, first in Leipzig in 1828 followed by Heidelberg in 1829, but continued pursuing music and literature. His mother, however, wanted him to study law. His father, a bookseller and publisher, saw to it that Robert also studied German literature.

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) began taking piano lessons in his hometown of Zwickau, Saxony, at the age of seven and, after a few years, started composing. For Robert and Clara Schumann, the universal language of music was their personal language of love. It survived parental disapproval, gossip and feeling uncomfortable in social situations to become one of the great romances in the world of classical music. The love between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck Schumann is an endearing story that celebrates their music, muse and marriage.