Clara Schumann

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 (Schumann , qtd . in BrainyQuote ' 1 ' These are the words of Clara Schumann , and indeed she has lived her entire life for her music . Music is her life : she was born into a musical family , married to a gifted composer and toured the world as a talented musician . This research aims to narrate the musical journey that was the life of Clara Schumann

Clara Wieck is the offspring of

two musically inclined people . Music teacher and piano firm owner Friedrich Wieck was her father , while soprano Marianne Tromlitz was her mother . It is therefore no surprise that musical talent ran through her veins . Wieck foresaw that his daughter would be a talented musician , way before she came into the world . According to Smith , Clara 's father had resolved before her birth that she would be a great musician and child prodigy (1 ' He was right

Shortly after her mother 's departure , Wieck oversaw the musical training of his daughter . He modified his teaching method to Clara 's needs she gave her daily lessons in piano , violin , singing , theory harmony , composition and counterpoint (Evers 1 ' In October 20 , 1928 at the tender age of 9 , Clara made her public debut in a Leipziger Gewandhaus concert (Evers 1 . That same year , her father meets her future husband , composer Robert Schumann , for the first time

From then on , Clara 's musical career continued to soar . From March 6 to April 7 , 1830 , she continued to perform in private concerts , all of which were warmly received (Evers 1 . That same year , she wrote her first piano composition , while on Novermber 8th , she performed her first complete solo concert (Evers 1 . All of this achievements were fufilled at the age of 11 . That year also marked an occurrence that would prove significant in Clara 's life : Schumann moves into the Wieck household with Clara 's father

Clara then embarked on a concert tour with her father , in countries such a Germany and France . She also had the opportunity to play for German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Evers 1 . Clara kept performing for both public and private audiences , just as she continued to create more and more compositions . She became a well-known child prodigy in Europe and even established composers such as Chopin and Paganini took note of her undeniable talent . theless , there was one composer who was most captivated by Clara , it was Schumann . He then started to court the then 16 year old musical prodigy

Unfortunately , Clara 's father did not agree with such situation . He did not approve of their relationship , and tried his best keep the two apart . In August 14 , 1837 , Clara Wieck and Robert Schumann was secretly engaged . Despite the secret engagement , Schumann still decided to ask the elder Wieck 's permission to marry his daughter . Wieck disapproves as he did not think the...