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My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale... I often feel as if I were dead... I seem to be losing my mind.

Robert Schumann

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Robert Schumann
Age: 46 †
Born: 1810
Born: June 8
Died: 1856
Died: July 29
Composer
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Robert Alexander Schumann
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