Schumann

Definition: Schumann

Schumann

Noun

1. German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856).

Date "Schumann" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references)

Synonyms: Schumann

Synonyms: Robert Alexander Schumann (n), Robert Schumann (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Schumann

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Robert Alexander Schumann (1810 - 1856), German composer (husband of Clara)
Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), German pianist and composer, (wife of Robert)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Schumann."

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Crosswords: Schumann

English words defined with "Schumann": Robert Alexander Schumann, Robert Schumann. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Schumann": Schumann plot. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Schumann

Domain	Title
Books	Fifty Selected Songs by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, and Strauss for High Voice (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol 1754) (reference) Chamber Music of Robert Schumann (reference) Fantasy Pieces: Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann (reference) Heinrich Heines Lyrisches Intermezzo In Vertonungen Von Robert Schumann Und Robert Franz (reference) Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Schumann - Scenes from Goethe's Faust / Bernius, Kaune, Klepper, Stuttgart Classical Philharmonic (reference) Nicolas Economou Plays Schumann - Kreisleriana, Arabesque, Papillons (reference) Giuseppe Sinopoli - Dreampaths of Music - From the Rhine to the Nile (Beethoven Symphony No. 7 / Schumann Symphony No. 3 / Wagner Prelude to Parsifal) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Scenes from Fairyland: Music of Robert and Clara Schumann (reference) A Second Glance : A Parallel Portrait of Harriet Beecher Stowe & Clara Schumann (reference) Hyperion Edition: The Songs of Robert Schumann, vol. 7 (reference) Constance Keene Plays Bach - Handelm Schumann, et al (reference) Mussorgsky - Pictures of an Exibiton (Ravel Orchestrations) � Schumann � Chabrier � Debussy � Ravel / Eiji Oue � Minnesota Orchestra (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Schumann

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Photo Album: Schumann

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Dr. Carl Gottlob Franz / G. Schlick, Leipiz. Verlag von Ludwig Schumann, Leipzig.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Weber Lower Cañon / C. Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Porcupine Terraces / Schumann from F.W. Egloffstein ; Selmar Siebert's Engraving & Printing Establishment, Washington, D.C.Credit: Library of Congress.		The cruise of the POLARIS An Eskimo family at Tessuisak, Greenland / / Photographed at the Treasury Department ; from a pencil sketch by Emil Schumann, engineer.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Robert Schumann.Credit: Library of Congress.		Auxiliary Remount Depot #312, Major K.J. Schumann, commanding, Montgomery, Ala., April 3rd, 1918.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Schumann".

Play	Caption
	A simple etude characteristic of a Schumann style.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Schumann

Author	Quotation
Clara Schumann	I always wish that the last movement [of the Regenlieder Sonata] might accompany me in my journey from here to the next world.
Robert Schumann	Talent works, genius creates.
	Everything he touches turns to music.
	Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.
	The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.
	Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.
	Chopin may now publish anything without putting his name to it . . . it is impossible to be for a moment uncertain as to its source.
	If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Schumann

"Schumann" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Schumann" is used about 94 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	94	33,845

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Schumann

The following table summarizes the usage of "Schumann" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Schumann	Last name	2,000	5,855
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Schumann

Expressions using "Schumann": Robert Alexander Schumann ♦ Robert Schumann. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Schumann": Schumann-Heink.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Schumann

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
robert schumann	86
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resonance schumann	48
clara schumann	44
melissa schumann	32
schumann wilma	10
schumann piano	7
bavaria schumann	7
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frequency schumann	6
forget not schumann	6
biography robert schumann	5
schumann empress dresden flower	5
ralf schumann	4
schumann tanja	4
arzberg schumann	4
chateau schumann	3
dichterliebe schumann	3
china schumann	3
biography clara schumann	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Schumann

Misspellings
	"Schumann" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chomunn, Schmink, Schulmann, Schumman, Schurman, Shumin, Zachmann. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Schumann

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-m-n-n-s-u"
	-2 letters: humans, sumach, sunnah, unmans.
	-3 letters: chams, chasm, chums, human, machs, manus, munch, musca, nucha, sauch, sumac, sunna, unman.
	-4 letters: amus, anus, cams, cans, cash, cham, chum, hams, hums, huns, mach, macs, mans, mash, maun, much, muns, mush, nans, nuns, scam, scan, scum, sham, shun, such, sunn.
	-5 letters: amu, ash, cam, can, cum, ham, has, hum, hun, mac, man, mas, mun, mus, nah, nam, nan, nun, nus, sac, sau, sha, sum, sun, uns.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-h-m-n-n-s-u"
	+4 letters: transhumance.
	+5 letters: multichannels, transhumances.
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