Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
Clara Schumannwas a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era. She exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital and the tastes of the listening public. Her husband was the composer Robert Schumann. Together they encouraged Johannes Brahms. She was the first to perform publicly any work by Brahms. She later premiered some other pieces by Brahms, notably the Variations and Fugue on...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth13 September 1819
CityLeipzig, Germany
CountryGermany
Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?
Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.
My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?
You appear in the Novelletten in every possible circumstance, in every irresistible form... They could only be written by one who knows such eyes as yours and has touched such lips as yours.