Clara Josephine Wieck was born on September 13th‚ 1819 in Leipzig‚ Germany. She was born into music‚ as her whole family growing up played an instrument. Her father Friedrich Wieck made a living as a first-rate piano teacher‚ and it was he who taught Clara and her mother Marianne. He even gave lessons to Clara’s future husband‚ Robert Schumann. After Clara’s parents divorced after eight years of marriage‚ she went to live with her father at the age of five. Friedrich Wieck saw the talent his daughter
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The Life and Music of Clara Schumann Vocal Pedagogy Presentation 4/25/13 Clara Schumann (Wieck) was born in Leipzig‚ Germany in September 1819 and died in Frankfurt in May of 1896. She was born to Friedrich Wieck and Marianne (Tromlitz). Her father was a talented pianist who taught but began his career in theology at his mother’s insistence. Clara’s mother‚ Marianne‚ was a pianist and soprano who studied with Friedrich. Friedrich and Marianne were wed in 1816 and he began training her to
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quote taken from Robert Schumann that explains the reasons for composing. Lacroix takes this quote as inspiration to write a poem that follows the format of Clara Schumann’s Op. 20 “Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann.” The author writes a variation on a Robert Schumann quote for every variation Clara wrote in her piece of music and uses a line of poetry to depict a measure within the music. Lacroix establishes a relationship of the speaker of the poetry as Robert Schumann. Lacroix in the poetry
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Clara Schumann is one of the‚ if not the most famous female composer‚ especially during her lifetime in the romantic era. She was born on the 13th September 1819 in Leipzig as Clara Wieck. Her father‚ Friedrich Wieck‚ was a music pedagogue and famous piano teacher‚ and did everything to educate Clara as a pianist‚ but also as a composer‚ which was not usual by this time. She wrote „piano trio op.17“ when she was only 14 years old. Another famous piece of her was the „piano concerto op.7“. It did
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The story of Clara Schumann (1819-1896) File:Clara Wieck 1840.jpg - Wikimedia Commons By: Bella Mikesell Chapter 1 Clara Schumann was born on September 13‚1819 Leipzig Germany. She died on May 20‚1896 in Frankfurt German Empire. She attended Leipzig University for college. When Clara was younger she was taught how to play piano by her father. Her father’s name was Friedrich Wieck and her mother’s name was Marianne Wieck. Clara was married to Robert Schumann and they had eight kids who
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Robert Schumann Robert Alexander Schumann was born in the small riverside town of Zwickau‚ Saxony‚ in 1810.The youngest of five children‚ Robert Schumann was brought up in comfortable‚ middle-class respectability. As a child‚ he apparently exhibited no remarkable abilities. At the age of six‚ Robert was sent to the local preparatory school‚ run by Archdeacon Dohner. He had in fact already begun his education‚ with the young tutor who gave lessons in exchange for board and lodging at the Schumann
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Schumann and the Kinderszenen Robert Schumann‚ composer throughout the early- to mid-nineteenth century‚ is probably best known for his songs and piano works. Before injuring his finger most likely through the use of a chiroplast (an instrument that guides the hands while playing; highly controversial)‚ Schumann was an avid piano player‚ if not a proper concert pianist and virtuoso[1]. But due to this ailing finger‚ Schumann had to eventually find other means to support his life. Thankfully
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major with chromatic triplets in dialogue with the piano. * The final piece is again in A major. The pace suddenly drives into a frenzy of passion and fiery energy‚ bordering on the irrational. The movement pushes the players to their limits as Schumann writes "schneller und schneller" (faster and faster). The movement ends exuberantly with a triumphant close. * In addition‚ the connotations of "fantasy" justify the sudden mood changes‚ which are a signature of so much of Schumann’s music
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The work “Warum Willst Du andre fragen?” by Clara Schumann is an exceptional piece that brings out the irony of loving someone. It is written for a solo singer and is accompanied by the piano. According to this recording it was written for a mezzo soprano voice. The melody of the piece is very smooth and contains conjunct motion. When she asks a question‚ the beginning portion of the piece repeats. Then when she answers the questions the melody changes and descends down the scale. To accentuate a
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Criteria One: Knowledge of Work Selected for Performance. WORK: | Piano Quartet in Eb major Mvmt’1 Op.47 By Robert Schumann | <Instrumentation: Violin‚ Viola‚ Cello and Piano> Robert Alexander Schumann was a German Romantic composer and music critic who lived from 8 June 1810 to 29 July 1856. He composed this piece in 1842‚ also known as his ‘Chamber Music Year.’ Schumann had never written a chamber work until this year except an early piano quartet in 1829. However‚ in 1842‚ he composed
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