Wieck-Schumann - Piano Music

Clara Wieck (1819-1896) was born in Leipzig, Germany. She studied piano with her father, and began touring Europe with him at about 12 years of age. Roughly at the same time Robert Schumann began to study with Mr. Wieck. Soon Clara was acknowledged as one of Europe’s leading virtuosos. She had fallen in love with Schumann, and in 1837 the couple became engaged. Mr. Wieck objected forcefully, and the subsequent marriage led to a complete break between Clara and her father. Clara and Robert, who were to have eight children together, at first lived in Leipzig, where both taught at the university. Clara’s career as a composer probably did not benefit from her marrying, but she had a couple of productive intervals, for example the summer of 1853, after the Schumanns had relocated to Düsseldorf, when she turned out some of her best works, including the Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann, Op. 20 and the Six Lieder, Op. 23. In the same year, she was first introduced to Johannes Brahms who was to become a most important person in her life. When Robert suffered a mental collapse, attempted suicide, and was committed to an asylum, Brahms gave up everything he was doing to assist Clara with all sorts of household duties. It has often been claimed that they were lovers – at any rate, they remained very close friends for the rest of their lives. She continued to teach and perform until the age of seventy-two, and died of a stroke five years later.

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Total pieces by Wieck-Schumann: 13

Title	Key	Published	Type	Level
Impromptu, Le Sabbat (Witches Dance) - op 5 no 1	A Minor	1838	Piece	6
Romance - op 11 no 2	G Minor	1840	Piece	7
Prelude & Fugue - op 16 no 1	G Minor	1845	Piece	6
Prelude & Fugue - op 16 no 2	B-flat Major	1845	Piece	7
Prelude & Fugue - op 16 no 3	D Minor	1845	Piece	6
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann - op 20	F-sharp Minor	1854	Variations	8+
Romance - op 21 no 1	A Minor	1855	Piece	8
Romance - op 21 no 2	F Major	1855	Piece	6
Romance - op 21 no 3	G Minor	1855	Piece	8+
Four Fugitive Pieces This is a group of charming, melodious, fairly short character pieces, in the same vein as Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words. They were probably written separately, together with several similar pieces, and later assembled by either Clara herself or her husband for publication.
Larghetto - op 15 no 1	F Major	1845	Piece	6
Un poco agitato - op 15 no 2	A Minor	1845	Piece	5
Andante espressivo - op 15 no 3	D Major	1845	Piece	5
Scherzo - op 15 no 4	G Major	1845	Piece	6

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