Farrenc (1804-1875) was also a famous pianist in her day, and professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire. The other two pieces were genuinely arresting, and splendidly performed. Brahms never married.Pianist Lise de la Salle performs Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto with Music Director Fabio Luisi, not pictured, as he conducts the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, on Friday, Nov. Brahms did ask her to marry him but she said that Robert was the only man she would ever love in her life. Clara stopped composing after Robert died and dedicated her life to keeping Robert's music famous, raising her children (four of whom were still alive), performing and teaching. Robert died when in 1856 when he was only 46 years old. Clara spent a lot of time performing his compositions and trying to make sure that he got the recognition she felt he deserved as a composer. He was often sad and sick and spent the last years of his life in a hospital. Robert Schumann was a complicated person. She cannot work at it regularly, and I am often disturbed to think how many profound ideas are lost because she cannot work them out.” But to have children, and a husband who is always living in the realm of imagination, does not go together with composing. Robert once wrote “Clara has composed a series of small pieces, which show a musical and tender ingenuity such as she has never attained before. Between her husband, eight children and performance schedule she did not have much time to compose. Robert was not able to make much money as a composer and Clara was the person who supported the family. He helped take care of the kids when Clara was performing and touring. They LOVED his compositions and he became almost a member of their household. Brahms came to the Schumanns to play some of his music. The most famous of their friends was composer Johannes Brahms. Clara and Robert had eight children! They also had many musical friends. Robert encouraged Clara to compose and she did even though she was very very busy. She gave the first performance of many of his pieces, and helped him compose and hold down a job as a conductor and teacher. He injured his hand while using a machine that was supposed to stretch his fingers and was never able to fully recover.Ĭlara and Robert Schumann became one of the greatest musical couples of all time. He became a good friend of Clara's but was never successful as a pianist. Robert moved into the Wieck house and studied with Friedrich when Clara was 11 years old and Robert was 20. His name was Robert was so impressed with Clara that he asked to come and study with her father. A young man, named Robert Schumann, who was a pianist, composer and music philosopher (that means he wrote articles about musical ideas) saw her at one of her concerts. He even told her what to write in her diary!īy the time Clara was nine, she was performing in public concerts and beginning to be famous. Her father decided everything about her life. She had lessons every day in piano, violin, singing, music theory, harmony and composition. She had to practice for two hours, using the teaching methods her father had developed. This was very unusual in those days.įrom that time on, Clara's father planned her life and career in every detail. Clara's parents did not get along with each other and when Clara was five her parents got a divorce. Her father, Friedrich Wieck, was a famous piano teacher and her mother, Marianne Tromlitz Wieck, was a famous singer.
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