Around 1830, 20-year-old Robert Schumann arrived at the Wieck household as a boarding student with Clara's father. A friendly rivalry between Clara and Robert soon developed and eventually ...

Two composers marginalized by history will take center stage at Carnegie Hall this week. On Friday, the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3 and Clara Schumann’s ...

Clara Schumann's life practically begs to be made the subject of an opera, ... Schumann (1819-96) was a child prodigy who grew into one of the best pianists of the 19th century.

A few weeks ago, in an online poll by BBC Music Magazine, Clara Schumann was voted the greatest composer of all time, beating out, among others, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and her husband, Robert.How ...

In the long run, Clara Schumann’s reputation as a concert pianist, creative muse for her husband, and (maybe?) vertex on a love triangle with Romantic-era titan Johannes Brahms greatly ...

Clara was closely associated in the musical life of both Schumann and Brahms. She and her husband kept a musical journal together. Clara was very much an equal in her interactions with men.

In the world of classical music, Clara Schumann’s husband, Robert, is widely known. Yet Clara was not just wife and mother, but a virtuoso pianist.

While Clara Schumann left copious letters and diaries, many of those from her childhood were supervised, or even written, by her father. As a married couple, Robert and Clara kept a joint diary.

Why Clara Schumann, a Victorian pianist and composer, was way ahead of her time. Google paid tribute to Schumann on what would have been her 193rd birthday.

Clara Schumann, one of the busiest concert pianists of the 19th century, was acclaimed throughout Europe for her power, her nuance, her technique, her soul. "She has a musical genius of the ...

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