Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was not only an important composer but also an attentive witness of his time who sympathized with the Revolution of 1848. Victim of frequent nervous imbalances and hallucinations suffered because of the fame of his wife Clara, And, after a suicide attempt, he went off in a hospital for the mentally ill. Passionate poet and audacious musical precursor, Schumann knew to gather genially sensuality and intellectuality, realism and reverie, and continues appearing in the programs of concerts of the world. Martin Geck sheds new light on the life of this genius of Romanticism and its multifaceted work, while presenting an exciting social and cultural panorama of the time.