Clara Schumann

INTRODUCTION BIOGRAPHY Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel are considered possibly the most important female figures of the Romantic Era. Both women were friends living with the struggles of trying to make a name for themselves as musicians and composers while living in the shadows of their famous male family members: Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn. Clara Schumann Clara Josephine Wieck was born on September 13, 1819 in Leipzig, Germany into a musical family. Her father, Friedrich

Professor Fewtrell 5 August 2015 Clara Schumann A modern artist named Carly Simon once said “A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars” (Brainyguote, 1). This is a great description of the strong and talented Clara Schumann. Her story is full of achievements, love and tragedy and throughout all of it she carries herself with poise and strength that really is not seen much in the present generations. Although Clara Schumann accepted her war and came out proud

Clara Wieck Schumann and the Struggle for Equality in Nineteenth-Century Germany The place of women before and during the nineteenth century is well summarized by a Bavarian statute book, which states that “by marriage, the wife comes under the authority of the husband and the law allows him to chastise her moderately” (Gay 177). These ideas are similarly echoed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The former did not afford women

Clara Schumann By: Iris Howey Table of contents Chapter 1 - Clara’s life Chapter 2 - Music Chapter 3 - Instruments Chapter 1-Clara’s life Clara Schumann is a widely known musician. She lived from 1819 - 1896. Clara Schumann was born in Leipzig, Germany. She died in Frankfurt, Germany. Her father was a piano teacher and taught Clara to play piano. Clara was also trained by Christian Weinlig and Heinrich Dorn. Clara’s parents were Friedrich Wieck and Marianne Wieck. Clara married Robert

Clara Schumann Female composers and performers were not very common. If you look back on famous composers, you will find that there are mostly male composers. Out of the shadows of the males, came in very known composer. Her name was Clara Schumann. Not only was she a composer, but she was also a famous pianist. Clara started piano at a very young age. A big part of Clara’s life was her family. She was a very brilliant composer and pianist, and that is why we remember her today as one of the most

recitals. Brahms met a violinist named Joseph Joachim. Joachim told him to go to Robert Schumann. They became great friends. Johannes Brahms wasn’t married to anybody, but he fell in love with Clara Schumann while he took care of her family. He also fell in love with Agathe Von Siebold. His dad was Johann Jakob. His mom was Johanna Henrika Christiane Nissen. Friedrich and Elise Brahms were his siblings. Robert Schumann gave Johannes lots of publicity. It took Brahms 22 years to complete one of his symphonies

5). As Brahms composed more works, Clara was always the first to publicly perform the pieces. Around his fame period of 1878-1888, Brahms composed a set of three violin sonatas for Joachim as gratitude for touring with Brahms across Germany and later dedicated the first performance of the

a private school. After four years there he was sent to Zwickau Gymnasium (a high school) in 1820 and spent the next 8 years there. “When he was 14, Schumann wrote an essay on the aesthetics of music. He also contributed to a volume titled “Portraits of Famous Men”, which was edited by his father. During his school days in Zwickau”. ("Robert Schumann Biography." - Childhood, Life

How Robert Schumann Revolutionized Music There are only a few activities that exist that utilizes the entire brain, and music is one of those things. When we listen to music our whole brain in reacting to it and this is in a good way. When we listen to music dopamine is released into our bodies making us happy. Music is and has been part of our culture for a long time. But if we go back to the Romantic era in music we can find a musician with the name of Robert Schumann. Robert was a musician who

composers during this period were interesting in that they were able to construct such a stylistic way of writing, and preforming music, in such a short time. Some artists in this time that were crucial to this development of music were Chopin, and Schumann, who will be later discussed. Frederic Chopin was given an early start in music. He was born on March 1, 1879 in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. The young boy had not but aged 7 years when he wrote his first composition. Imagine that, a second grader who