Robert schumann was one of the romantic era composers that was arguably most connected to literature. his ambitions were in the literary field nearly as much as they were in music. listen to three (3) movements from robert schumann’s kinderscenen (scenes from childhood), which is available in the naxos music library, music of the romantic era playlist. scroll down the playlist to find robert schumann’s kinderscenen (scenes from childhood) for each chosen movement, provide the title of the movement, followed by your discussion on how the subject/topic is reflected in the music, and how schumann uses thematic unity, melody, and rubato/tempo. these four areas need to be present in your discussion: subject/topic how is the subject/topic reflected in the music? what sets the mood of each movement? thematic unity how does he achieve thematic unity? did you hear more than one theme? melody how would you describe the melody? is it lyrical or rhythmical? rubato/tempo does the tempo change during individual phrases? does it stay consistent? is there a natural sense of ebb and flow?