Grieg's Piano Concerto is largely derived from an A minor concerto by this German, whose choral works include Requiem for Mignon.  
This fanatical admirer of the German Romantic Jean Paul founded a society of friends known as "David's Band," and wrote a series of dances for piano named after him.  Grieg's Piano Concerto is largely derived from an A minor concerto by this German, whose choral works include Requiem for Mignon.  Better known are his Kreisleriana and his Kinderscenen, or Scenes from Childhood.  FTP, name this composer of four symphonies, of which the first is called "Spring" and the fourth the "Rhenish."
This fanatical admirer of the German Romantic Jean Paul founded a society of friends known as "David's Band," and wrote a series of dances for piano named after him.  
Robert Schumann