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We really should talk about Clara Schumann. Not just because she's a phenomenal musician, but also because she has an amazing life story. Turns out Mozart's not the only child prodigy on the block! Keep watching as we discuss Clara's performing origins, fighting against her strict father for the ability to marry her husband, continuing her prolific touring career, supporting the family towards the end of Robert's life, and having multiple conservatories begging for her to take on a permanent teaching position.
Music Used
Widmung arr. Liszt - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 1 - Of Foreign Lands and of Foreign People - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 12 - Child Falling Asleep - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 11 - Frightening - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 13 - The Poet Speaks - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 7 - Traumerei - Robert Schumann
Liebesliederwalzer Op. 54 no 6 - Brahms
Citations
Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman - Nancy B. Reich
google.com/books/edition/Clara_Schumann/bKudDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Schumann [née Wieck], Clara - Nancy B. Reich
oxfordmusiconline.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-90000380188?product=grovemusic
Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso - Susanna Reich
archive.org/details/claraschumannpia0000reic/mode/2up?view=theater
Clara Schumann: An Artist's Life Based on Material Found in Diaries and Letters vol 1 - Berthold Liztmann
play.google.com/books/reader?id=tkd8CgAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PP1&hl=en
Robert Schumann - Encyclopedia Britannica
britannica.com/biography/Robert-Schumann
Johannes Brahms - Encyclopedia Britannica
britannica.com/biography/Johannes-Brahms
Sounds Without the Gate: Schumann and the Dresden Revolution - John Daverio
jstor.org/stable/43030247?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A34a72552ee6d61f89eccb0f592624b6c&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Piano Lesson with the Iron Master - Hans Riebsamen
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/rhein-main/ausstellung-ueber-pianistin-clara-schumann-in-frankfurt-16177914.html?printPagedArticle=true&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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Schumann , Clara (Josefine), née Wieck - Sophie Drinker Institute
https://www-sophie--drinker--institut-de.translate.goog/schumann-clara?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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We really should talk about Clara Schumann. Not just because she's a phenomenal musician, but also because she has an amazing life story. Turns out Mozart's not the only child prodigy on the block! Keep watching as we discuss Clara's performing origins, fighting against her strict father for the ability to marry her husband, continuing her prolific touring career, supporting the family towards the end of Robert's life, and having multiple conservatories begging for her to take on a permanent teaching position.
Music Used
Widmung arr. Liszt - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 1 - Of Foreign Lands and of Foreign People - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 12 - Child Falling Asleep - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 11 - Frightening - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 13 - The Poet Speaks - Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood Op. 15 no 7 - Traumerei - Robert Schumann
Liebesliederwalzer Op. 54 no 6 - Brahms
Citations
Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman - Nancy B. Reich
google.com/books/edition/Clara_Schumann/bKudDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Schumann [née Wieck], Clara - Nancy B. Reich
oxfordmusiconline.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-90000380188?product=grovemusic
Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso - Susanna Reich
archive.org/details/claraschumannpia0000reic/mode/2up?view=theater
Clara Schumann: An Artist's Life Based on Material Found in Diaries and Letters vol 1 - Berthold Liztmann
play.google.com/books/reader?id=tkd8CgAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PP1&hl=en
Robert Schumann - Encyclopedia Britannica
britannica.com/biography/Robert-Schumann
Johannes Brahms - Encyclopedia Britannica
britannica.com/biography/Johannes-Brahms
Sounds Without the Gate: Schumann and the Dresden Revolution - John Daverio
jstor.org/stable/43030247?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A34a72552ee6d61f89eccb0f592624b6c&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Piano Lesson with the Iron Master - Hans Riebsamen
https://www-faz-net.translate.goog/aktuell/rhein-main/ausstellung-ueber-pianistin-clara-schumann-in-frankfurt-16177914.html?printPagedArticle=true&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
(original) https://www-sophie--drinker--institut-de.translate.goog/schumann-clara?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Schumann , Clara (Josefine), née Wieck - Sophie Drinker Institute
https://www-sophie--drinker--institut-de.translate.goog/schumann-clara?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
(original) sophie-drinker-institut.de/schumann-clara
