When Clara was 11, Robert Schumann became a student of Wieck, moving in with the family. Clara and Robert eventually fell in love, but Wieck, who considered Robert unstable, took great pains to ...

Clara Schumann's half-brother Woldemar Bargiel, visiting the couple in July and August 1852, reported of Robert's frequent spells of illness and how they affected his empathizing wife.

Clara Wieck Schumann was her father’s prodigy, a composer’s wife and a musician in her own right. Her story is still inspiring musicians today.

By the time Clara Schumann died in 1896, she had had eight children, was one of the most famous pianists of the century, and had produced a significant body of original work. She is still best known ...

Clara Wieck Schumann was a German musician -- a pianist, composer, and teacher who lived from 1819-1896. She started playing piano at age 5, and was a child prodigy. She and her husband Robert ...

Wife, mother of eight, pianist, musical adviser, concert manager, composer: Clara Schumann is in the spotlight at Bonn's Schumannfest — along with other female composers and performers.

Clara Schumann Born: 13 September 1819, Leipzig Died: 20 May 1896, Frankfurt Schumann was born Clara Wieck in Leipzig, Germany, on 13 September 1819. She died in Frankfurt on 20 May 1896, aged 76.

Clara Schumann's life practically begs to be made the subject of an opera, and one is now being created on commission for the University of Maryland School of Music and the Clarice Smith ...