August Schumann

August Schumann.

House of Schumann in Zwickau

Friedrich August Gottlob Schumann (March 2, 1773 – August 10, 1826) was a German bookseller and publisher. His best-known work is the 18-volume Lexicon of Saxony, which was completed after his death by Albert Schiffner  [ de ]. He wrote Junker Kurt von Krötenstein's verliebte Heldenfahrt (Lord Kurt von Krötenstein's Hero's Journey of Love) under the pen name of Legaillard. ^{[1] [ better source needed ]}

Childhood

Schumann was born on 2 March 1773, as the oldest of 6 siblings, to the couple Johann Friedrich Schumann and Christiane Magdalena Bohme. The father worked as a pastor in Endschutz, and had little money around; due to this August Schumann was unable to achieve higher education. ^[2]

Marriage and family

August married Johanna Christiana Schnabel (1767–1836) and was the father of five children: Emilie (born in 1796, who committed suicide in 1826), ^[3] Eduard (1799–1839), Carl (1801–1849), Julius (1804–1833) and the composer Robert Schumann (1810–1856). ^[4]

References

1. "Wolf's Thematic Index of the Works of the Great Composers - Biographies - Schumann". documentamusica.de. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
2. Peter F. Ostwald (1985). Schumann. Northeastern University Press. ISBN   9781555530143.
3. Udo Rauchfleisch (2004). Robert Schumann. Eine psychoanalytische Annäherung[Robert Schumann: A Psychoanalytic Approach]. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht. p. 19–20. ISBN   978-3-525-01627-5.
4. Ernst Burger (1999). Robert Schumann. Eine Lebenschronik in Bildern und Dokumenten. Unter Mitarbeit von Gerd Nauhaus und mit Unterstützung des Robert-Schumann-Hauses Zwickau, Mainz u. a.[Robert Schumann. A life chronicle in pictures and documents. With the collaboration of Gerd Nauhaus and with the support of the Robert Schumann House Zwickau, Mainz and others.]. p. 13. ISBN   9783795703431.