Alexandria Gazette

MISCELLANEOUS READING.
DEATH OF ROBERT SCHUMANN.
Robert Schumann, by many considered the
greatest of living German composers, as he
was undoubtedly one of the most original.
has just died at Bonn. at the comparatively
early age of forty-six. He was born in
Zwickau, Saxony, and at the commencement
of his career was distinguished as a musical
critic. the "Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik." er
established by him in Leipsic, being one of the
most able and successful musical journals of
the day, His musical tastes being of a very
decided character. he soon forsook the edito-
rial profession for the study of composition,
which he prosecuted with extraordinary zeal
He modelled his style successively, upon that
of Haydn, Mozart. Moscheles and Ries, but
soon struck into a path of his own, in which
he exhibited great individuality, and a bold.
ness and eccentricity which startled the critics
and brought down upon him denunciations
and ridicule without stint. He had, however.
a circle of enthusiastic admirers, who as
warmly upheld him, and whose members
constantly increased.