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Clara Wieck Schumann
Info
09/13/1819
Leipzig, Germany
05/20/1896
Frankfurt, Germany
Germany
Romantic
Vocal, Piano
Leipzig, Germany
05/20/1896
Frankfurt, Germany
Germany
Romantic
Vocal, Piano
Biography
Clara's parents were both musicians. In the eight years that they were married, they had eight children. In 1824, they were separated and divorced shortly after. Clara’s mother married an acquaintance of her father’s. Being considered legal property of their father’s, Clara and her siblings remained with him. Her general studies were blow par, but she learned a lot about music and business from her father.
Clara had known Robert Schumann as children and were wed in1840 despite Clara’s fathers refusal to give consent to their marriage. He was an unknown composer at the time while she had an international reputation. They lived in Leipzig, Dresden and Dusseldorf and had eight children. Robert went insane and tried to commit suicide in 1854. He was committed to a sanitorium in Endenich where Clara was not allowed to see him for two and a half years. She only saw him in his last few days. He died in July 1856.
Main Works
Piano Works:
Romantische Klaviermusik
Ausgewählte Klavierwerke
Frühe Klavierwerke
Collected Works:
Sämtliche Lieder
7 Songs
