Clara Schumann

Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann (September 13, 1819 – May 20, 1896), wife of composer Robert Schumann, was one of the leading pianists of the Romantic era as well as a composer.

Music of Clara Schumann

Clara considered herself a performing artist rather than a composer and no longer composed after age thirty-six. It is suggested that negative attitudes toward women's ability to compose influenced this as well the intimidating geniuses of Brahms and her husband. However, her compositions are increasingly performed and recorded. Her works include songs, piano pieces, a piano concerto, a piano trio with violin and cello, and three Romances for violin and piano. Inspired by her husband's birthday, the three Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joachim who performed them for King George V of Hanover, Germany. He declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure."

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Piano trio - Violin - Cello - King George V - Hanover - Germany

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