The humanity has witnessed a frequent regularity pertained to all genius people. Many of them had some physical or mental problems that made them distinguished. Musicians are not an exception. Schumann was a famous German composer. He had a life long history of medical problems. These medical problems influenced his life in a great many ways. Schumann was a good student in school. He went to Leipzig to study Law as his family wanted him to be a lawyer. However he hardly ever went to any lectures. In college, he was not only interested in music and literature, but also in women and drinking.

As a young man he was diagnosed with syphilis. The mercury based drugs that he was prescribed as treatment eventually damaged his hand and put paid to his hopes of making a career as a concert pianist. Schumann published a music magazine and wrote a lot of articles about music that had just been composed. Some of this music is hard to play, but other pieces are quite easy. Read more…

When it comes to musicals, it must take someone pretty silly to overlook what was perhaps one of the greatest and most famous musicals of all time. Sound of music was about a governess, Maria, who is hired by a Captain Von Trapp to take care of his high spirited 7 children and educate them. And what follows are perhaps some of the most enduring bunch of songs of all time.

The Wizard of Oz is one of those timeless musicals which people will never tire of seeing. The Wizard of Oz is a school favorite, perfect for small children to perform and well loved by the audiences. This musical is about a girl named Dorothy who gets whisked away from home by a tornado and lands up in a place called Oz and finds new friends there.

Singin’ in the Rain is another wonderful blast from the past, which people continue to adore and look back at the time when such musicals ruled the roost. Singin’ in the Rain is a pretty funny story with some wonderful songs and is one of the most enduring musicals of all times. Read more…