Lepidopterology

[Florestan]

Robert Schumann is the archetypal romantic composer.  No one, not Berlioz, not Chopin, not Wagner, not even Liszt quite matches him.  (Well, maybe Liszt.)  He couldn't be bothered with constraining himself with tired old forms,

And yet he wrote 4 symphonies, 3 string quartets, 3 piano trios and 3 violin sonatas --- more than Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner and Liszt taken together ever if at all wrote in those genres.

[Todd]

And yet he wrote 4 symphonies, 3 string quartets, 3 piano trios and 3 violin sonatas --- more than Berlioz, Chopin, Wagner and Liszt taken together ever if at all wrote in those genres.