Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered a member of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities—which, however, only added to his fame. He spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris.
Painting of Heine by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
Heine's mother, "Betty"
Hegel with his Berlin students, by Franz Kugler
First page of first edition of Heine's Buch der Lieder, 1827
Robert Schumann was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. His teacher, Friedrich Wieck, a German pianist, had assured him that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing.
Robert Schumann
Schumann's birth house, now the Robert Schumann House, after an anonymous colourized lithograph
Schumann's music room in the Robert Schumann House, Zwickau
A youthful Robert Schumann