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| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Location | Inselstraße 18 04103 Leipzig, Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°20′25.8″N12°23′28″E / 51.340500°N 12.39111°E /51.340500; 12.39111 |
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| https://www.schumannhaus.de/en/ | |
TheSchumann House is a cultural site inLeipzig in Germany. The musiciansRobert Schumann and his wifeClara lived here for their first four years of marriage; there are now exhibition rooms in their former apartment, about their life and work.
The building was constructed, inNeoclassical style, by Friedrich August Schiedel in 1838. Robert and Clara Schumann, after their marriage in September 1840, lived here until 1844 in an apartment on the first floor.[1][2]
Guests the Schumanns received here includeFelix Mendelssohn,Franz Liszt andHector Berlioz. Works composed by Robert Schumann during this period include theSpring Symphony, thethree String Quartets and thePiano Quintet.[1][2]
The building, apart from the exhibition rooms on the first floor, is now the independent primary school "Clara Schumann".[1][2] Among the exhibition rooms are the Schumann Salon, where the Schumanns received guests; the Travel Room, which is concerned with concert tours to Denmark in 1842 and Russia in 1844;[3] and the Sound Room (Klangraum), designed in the style of theBiedermeier period, which contains an interactive sound installation by the artistErwin Stache [de].[4]
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