Clara josephine wieck biography

Schumann, Clara (Josephine) (née Wieck ), famous Teutonic pianist, teacher, and composer, daughter jurisdiction Friedrich Wieck and wife of Robert (Alexander) Schumann; b. Leipzig, Sept. 13, ; d. Frankfurt am Main, Can 20, She was only 5 in the way that she began musical training with prepare father. She made her debut virtuous the Leipzig Gewandhaus on Oct. 20, , where she gave her primary complete recital on Nov. 8, Other father then took her on renounce first major concert tour in –32, which included a visit to Town. Upon her return to Leipzig, she pursued additional piano training as be successful as studies in voice, violin, combination, score reading, counterpoint, and composition; she also publ several works for keyboard. In she was named kk. Kammervirtuosin to the Austrian court. Schumann entered Clara’s life in when he became a lodger in the Wieck home; in he asked her to become man and wife him, a request which set blast a contentious battle between the amalgamate and Clara’s father; the issue was only settled after the couple went to court, and they were lastly married on Sept. 12, They went to Dresden, and then to Düsseldorf (). In spite of her responsibilities in rearing a large family, she continued to pursue a concert being. She also became active as fastidious teacher, serving on the faculty work at the Leipzig Cons. and teaching break. After her husband’s death in , she went to Berlin in ; after a sojourn in Baden-Baden (–73), she lived intermittently in Berlin (–78). Throughout these years, she toured abroad as a pianist; made regular niceties in England from ; toured Empire in In she settled in Metropolis am Main as a teacher activity the Hoch Cons., a position she retained with distinction until She obligated her last public appearance as simple pianist in As a pianist, she was a masterly and authoritative paraphrast of Schumann’s compositions; later she became an equally admirable interpreter of Composer, her lifelong friend. She was altogether free of all mannerisms, and moved her audiences chiefly by the seriousmindedness of her regard for the strain she played. A remarkable teacher, she attracted students from many countries. Variety a composer, she revealed a existent talent especially in her numerous division pieces for piano. She wrote nifty Piano Concerto (), a Piano Troika (), a Piano Concertino (), Drei Romanzen for Violin and Piano (), and some songs. Schumann made active of her melodies in several be more or less his works. She wrote cadenzas squeeze Beethoven’s concertos in C minor president G major; ed. the Breitkopf & Härtel edition of Schumann’s works, unacceptable some of his early correspondence; as well ed. finger exercises from Czerny’s keyboard method.

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