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nPostednon September 13, 2014
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nSonof course she got really good. I mean, anyone would, right?
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nWiecknperformed in a sort of piano recital at age 8, and there she metnanother gifted young musician, Robert Schumann, age 17. Schumannnended up taking lessons from Mr. Wieck as well.
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nWiecknwent on a concert tour to Paris and other European cities when shenwas just 11 years old. (Her dad went with her.) By the time she wasn18, she was performing for sell-out crowds and earning rave reviews. n
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nOh,nand I almost forgot to mention, when she was 18 she married Schumann!
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nWhennClara Schumann was young, her father chose the music she wouldnperform, and he chose popular music that was quite showy; when shenwas older and making her own musical selections, she began to playnworks by the new Romantic composers: Chopin, Mendelssohn, and hernhusband! She also played music from the past, but instead of thenshowy “pop” music, she played difficult pieces by people likenBach and Mozart and Beethoven. n
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nApparentlynWieck-Schumann didn’t feel confident with her own compositions and,nonce she was older, she rarely played them; however, nowadays herncompositions are performed and enjoyed by many. Before she lostnconfidence at around age 36, Wieck-Schumann wrote songs, pianonpieces, choral pieces, and pieces for violin and piano. n
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nShenalso promoted her husband’s music, causing it to be much more knownnand played and respected, no doubt, than if she hadn’t. n
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nShenalso raised eight children and, later, some of her grandchildren. Shenis famous for walking through the city of Dresden in 1849, when therenwas an uprising, defying a group of armed men, rescuing her children,nand marching right back out of the city again, crossing the frontnlines once again.
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| Google has honored Clara Schumann with a Doodle. |
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| Clara Schumann appeared on German money…before the euro! |
nShenalso taught music, and her choice of emphasizing expression over techniquenspread through her students and is important to many music teachers today.
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nShenalso was the main breadwinner for her family because of her teaching and her concerts.
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nInmean, seriously, Clara Wieck-Schumann sounds like a pretty amazingnwoman!
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