CLARA SCHUMANN

CHILDHOOD

• Born in Leipzig, Germany
• Parents were Friedrich Wieck and Mariane Wieck

FAMILY

• Parents got divorced in 1852
• 11 siblings

TEACHING

• She was a piano teacher a Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt.
• she could not teach more than 1-1/2 hours per day, was free to teach at her home

CHILD PRODIGY

• Trained by her father
• Started music at the age of four

MUSIC

• She played with Beethoven
• Franz Grillparzer wrote a poem of him and her playing

Six Lieder op.13 n°1

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyI0MIY8I24

HUSBAND

• Robert Schumann
• 9 years older than her
• She was Proposed at 18
• Died in February, 1856

HER DEATH

• Died by a stroke
• Buried next to Robert

SCHERZO NO. 2 IN C MINOR

• https://youtu.be/c7f9SoDuHjY

THREE ROMANCES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO OP 22

• https://youtu.be/yJFcJOFwtE4
• dedicated to close friend and virtuoso violinist, Joseph Joachim
• they even played it before King George V of Hanover

SOURCES

• https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/774/three-romances-for-violin-and-pia...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Schumann#Early_life
• https://classicalexburns.com/2020/06/27/clara-schumann-three-romances-for-v...