Robert Schumann is a prominent representative of the Romantic era. The article discusses the features of the composer’s piano style in the context of the romantic music art and, in particular, the piano sonata No.1 in fis-moll, which is the centre of subjectively lyrical reflections of Schumann. It, as the other piano works of the “turbulent” 30’s, demonstrates bright reflection of the romantic selfconsciousness and the key principles of the Schumann romanticism, the main features of R. Schumann’s creative method, wealth of an emotionally-figurative structure, individuality of a pianistic manner.