Robert Schumann is one of the greatest representatives of Germany Romanticism music in the early nineteenth century. As a composer, he had written many types of works, including piano music, vocal music, symphony, concerto and chamber music; Schumann was also a music critic. He frequently published his personal viewpoints and commentaries on music with different pseudonyms in Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, a magazine founded by himself. Piano music plays a vital role in Schumann¡¦s music creation. To Schumann, it is literature that inspires his creativity. Therefore, he prefers to combine his music with literal works. Take Schumann¡¦s Waldszenen op. 82, for example, the composer used poems to help elaborate the great piece. The thesis sets out from the introduction of Schumann¡¦s biography, and then further explores the features of Schumann¡¦s piano music in different phases, the development of his Characteristic piece, and the interrelationship between Schumann¡¦s piano music and literature. Besides, the motive and background of writting Waldszenen is mentioned, and the poetic imagery in Waldszenen is clearly discussed. Last, the composing method and technique of this great work will be analyzed.

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