This man wrote a cantata about a creature from Persian myth that tries to regain entrance into heaven.
This man wrote a cantata about a creature from Persian myth that tries to regain entrance into heaven. This composer wrote a set of variations on his imaginary friend Meta Abegg. This composer wrote his only cello concerto in A minor and dedicated to Frédéric Chopin his Kriesleriana. One composition by this man contains quotations of "Grandfather's Dance" and he quoted from that work in his later piece Carnaval. Of this man's four symphonies, the third opens powerfully like a fanfare in E-flat major and his first was written the year after he married Clara. For 10 points, name this German composer of the Spring and Rhenish symphonies.  
This man wrote a cantata about a creature from Persian myth that tries to regain entrance into heaven.
Robert Alexander Schumann