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Where was Robert Schumann born?
Schumann was born in Zwickau, in the Kingdom of Saxony.
When was he born?
CANNOTANSWER.
Who were his parents?
the fifth and last child of Johanna Christiane (nee Schnabel) and August Schumann.
What was his childhood like?
Schumann began receiving general musical and piano instruction at the age of seven from Johann Gottfried Kuntzsch, a teacher at the Zwickau high school.
Did he play any other instrumenst?
CANNOTANSWER.
What else did he do in childhood?
Even though he often disregarded the principles of musical composition, he created works regarded as admirable for his age.
Did people think he had talent as a child?
"It has been related that Schumann, as a child, possessed rare taste and talent for portraying feelings and characteristic traits in melody.

Question: What else happened as a youth?
Self-contained rewrite: Other than traits in melody, what else happened as a youth?