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 ...

Pianos are not pleasant objects - not if you've ever tried playing one. Pianos are infuriating brutes, heavy as thunderclouds: torture mechanisms designed to measure your inadequacy against some ...

Your September issue carries a piece entitled “The pupils of Clara Schumann and the uses of tradition” by Samuel Lipman. It has been drawn to my attention as I am the compiler of the records referred ...

German pianist and composer Clara Schumann died 125 years ago. Read how the Guardian reported her death 21 May 1896 We have to announce, with sincere regret, the death of Madame Clara Schumann, which ...

‘I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I gave up on that idea,” the celebrated young German pianist and composer Clara Wieck wrote in 1839. “A woman must not desire to compose — there ...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was not a child prodigy like his contemporaries Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Franz Liszt (1811-1886)—or his wife Clara (1819-1896). Clara ...

Her husband's music is celebrated the world over, his name is always on lists of our greatest composers. But what about the other Schumann, also a composer and musician of huge talent? Today's Google ...

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(Pianist Jonathan Biss decodes the unconventional relationship between Robert Schumann and his wife Clara in this second essay for our week dedicated to this composer. Click the audio link above to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...