Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms were close friends as well as two of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Clara Schumann, Robert’s wife, was one of the greatest pianists of the time, also a ...

Robert Schumann, who died 150 years ago this year, would not have written much of his music without his wife, Clara. Muse to Brahms and Schumann, and mother of seven, she is revered as a musician and ...

Clara Schumann was a German composer-pianist of the 19th century. Although her composition was respected during her life, after her death she was mostly remembered as a pianist until a revival of her ...

I’ve spent the last year getting to know this neglected composer. I’ve visited her home, and now, on the 200th anniversary of her birth, I will be playing her music on her own piano I first discovered ...

IN every person’s memory there are niches fixed, and in those niches are sacred persons. These are such as never obtruded themselves upon you, staining the pane through which their light shone with ...

One of the most moving love stories in the world of music is the relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann. In 2007, the British producer David Caird put together a music theater piece called ...

This post has been updated. See the note below for details. In the world of classical music, Clara Schumann’s husband, Robert, is widely known. Yet Clara was not just wife and mother, but a virtuoso ...

Clara Schumann did something unthinkable for a woman in the 19th century. She composed music. And, lots of it. Solo piano music, romances for violin, a Piano Concerto, and most all of it was written ...

With a strong actress, fascinating script and invigorating music, the dramatic work “Clara” offered a powerful presentation at the Wellspring Theater Sunday afternoon. The presentation, “Clara: A Duet ...

Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms were close friends as well as two of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Clara Schumann, Robert’s wife, was one of the greatest pianists of the time, also a ...