Despite the obstacles she faced, Clara Schumann’s canon includes 30 Lieder, choral music, solo piano pieces, one piano concerto, plus chamber and orchestral works. Here are the most memorable among ...

Clara Wieck was a musical prodigy. Her mother Marianne was a singer; her overbearing father, Friedrich, a music teacher. She went on to marry one of the greatest composers in history, Robert ...

When the couple separated, Schumann remained under her father’s custody. Wieck devised his own methods to teach the piano, and Schumann was his model student, who he used to shore up his reputation.

Music in the family Picture: Getty Images Her father, Friedrich Wieck, was a famous German piano teacher. It was thanks to him that Clara studied music from such a young age. Trendsetter – Playing ...

Clara Schumann resumed her piano career even as her husband Robert lay dying in an asylum. ... "if she inspired music like Schumann's C major Fantasie then I don't care what sort of woman she was.

One of the 19 th century’s most important musical power couples, Robert and Clara Schumann, will be the focus Thursday of a concert by the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach.. More to the point ...

Today's Beautiful Music features pianist Lauma Skride with Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra playing Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto in a op.7. Clara Schumann herself premiered this Concerto on ...

Beyond that, though, Clara Schumann left an indelible mark on music life, one still palpable today. Bold at the piano, retiring in person This notable person was born in Leipzig on September 13 ...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was not a child prodigy like his contemporaries Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Franz Liszt (1811-1886)—or his wife Clara (1819-1896 ...

In addition to her piano playing, Clara was an active combatant in the war between Leipzig and Weimar. The battle lines were drawn with Brahms, Clara's husband — Robert Schumann, and Mendelssohn ...

In the long run, Clara Schumann’s reputation as a concert pianist, ... “In our concert, we try to include all the best of Clara. Not only the piano music or just some chamber music. . . .

Who was Clara Schumann, and why is the Chelsea Music Festival celebrating her this year?