Clara Schumann

Biography

His/her father is not other than pedagog of the Piano Friedrich Wieck celebrates it which made of it a concert performer wonder as of the nine years age. In 1827, it meets her engaged couple, Robert Schumann (it is eight years old, he has seventeen of them), which will come to study near his/her father. Clara gives its first concert to the Gewandhaus of Leipzig, where she is noticed by Goethe. In round with Paris, she knows a triumph. In 1829, Clara publishes its first Polish works, Four . In 1832, Robert publishes the Butterflies ; Clara will even play this piece in concert the year. Between 1834 and 1836, it composes the Musical evenings , which are a great success in particular near Liszt.

When it éprend of Robert Schumann, it is sixteen years old. Robert requests his hand from his father when the young girl reaches her eighteenth year. Wieck is opposed vigorously to their marriage. In love ones are separated from force, but communicate by the means of friends and musical messages in the concerts of Clara. The marriage is however celebrated in 1840 with Schönefeld by decree of the court of justice. Eight children come from their union, which tends to seriously slow down the musical course of Clara.

First interpreter of works of her husband, it makes known and to appreciate his music, of which it was the only one with including/understanding delicacies well according to him. Clara is itself the author of forty works, but she partly neglected the compositrice with the profit of the inspirer and the pianist.

In 1854, Robert Schumann is interned. Widow as of 1856, Clara becomes the friend, the adviser and the inspirer of Johannes Brahms but she affirms from now on that its only moments of happiness are those where she plays or listens to the music of sound expensive disappeared. Clara launches out to body lost in rounds in England, France, Russia… until 1891, date in its last concert. She in addition teaches the piano with the Academy of Frankfurt of 1878 to 1892. From 1881 to 1893, it establishes a complete edition of work of her husband, of which it will not have of cease to defend work. It is precisely by listening to its grandson, Ferdinand, to interpret a work of its famous grandfather whom it dies out on May 20th 1896, having endured towards the end of its life of the problems of deafness.

It belongs to the rare women compositrices of reputation at the 19th century, with Fanny Mendelssohn, Louise Farrenc and Cécile Chaminade.

Catalog works

Four Polish for piano COp 1 (1829/30)
Whims in the form of Waltz for piano COp 2 (1831/32)
Lovesong varied for piano COp 3 (1833)
romantic Waltz for piano COp 4 (1835)
Four characteristic Parts COp 5 (1833? , 1835/36)
Musical evenings COp 6 (1834-36)
First Concerto in major A flat for piano, with accompaniment of orchestra COp 7 (1833-35)
Variations in Concert for piano on Cavatine of the Pirate of Bellini COp 8
To remember Vienna, Impromptu for piano COp 9 (1838)
Scherzo for piano COp 10
Three Lovesongs for piano COp 11 (1838/39)
Twelve songs on Liebesfrüling of F. Rückerts for song and piano of Robert and Clara Schumann COp 12 (Lieder NR. 2,4 and 11 of Clara, included in the COp 37 of Robert Schumann) (1841)
Six Lieder with accompaniment of piano COp 13
Second Scherzo for piano COp 14 (1841)
Four fugitive Parts for piano COp 15 (1840 - 44?)
3 Preludes and Runnings away for piano COp 16 (1845)
Trio in minor ground for piano, violin and violoncello COp 17 (1846)
(COp 18 and lost COp 19)
Variations on a topic of Robert Schumann for piano, Ihm gewidmet COp 20 (1853)
Three Lovesongs for piano COp 21 (1853)
Three Lovesongs for piano and violin COp 22 (1853)
Six Lieder on " Jucunde" of Hermann Rollet COp 23 (1853)

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