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June 8：Robert Schumann, George Sand



Sand could write, live a man's life and still be mother, lover and hostess. Some say Sand put more of her imagination into her life than her writing: this only makes her more admirable




Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, best known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and memoirist. Wikipedia
Born: July 1, 1804, Paris, France
Died: June 8, 1876, Nohant-Vic, France
Full name: Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin
Movies: Red Wing, Fadette, Fanchon the Cricket, Leoni Leo
Quotes
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.


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We invite you to enjoy this 1964 recording of Schumann's Piano Quintet Movement 3 with Leonard Bernstein (piano) & the Juilliard String Quartet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dYnkqmtZPw



Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist.Wikipedia
Born: June 8, 1810, Zwickau, Germany
Died: July 29, 1856, Endenich, Bonn, Germany
Nationality: German
Children: Felix Schumann, Eugenie Schumann, Julie Schumann, more
Compositions

Dichterliebe

Piano Concerto

Kinderszenen
Quotes

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
Talent works, genius creates.
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

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