Schumann claimed that his object in writing music was to influence the imagination of the listeners that they could go on dreaming for themselves.


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Schumann claimed that his object in writing music was to influence the imagination of the listeners that they could go on dreaming for themselves.

Schumann claimed that his object in writing music was to influence the imagination of the listeners that they could go on dreaming for themselves.

Schumann claimed that his object in writing music was to influence the imagination of the listeners that they could go on dreaming for themselves.

Schumann claimed that his object in writing music was to influence the imagination of the listeners that they could go on dreaming for themselves.