Those who met her in person came away with a different impression. "The girl has more strength than six boys combined," wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe after a concert in Weimar. Sometimes the piano had to be brought along.Ĭlara Wieck's playing was described as feisty and passionate.
Often lasting two or three months, the journeys in a coach were strenuous. Soon afterward, Friedrich Wieck had his daughter's opus 1 published, "Four Polonaises."įather and daughter went on extended concert tours - first in Germany, later to Paris and other foreign destinations. Even the young girl looks ambitious and self-confident in this image Image: SchuhmannfestĪt age nine, Clara gave her piano debut in the Leipzig Gewandhaus. He also had her schooled in composition and in foreign languages, complemented by long walks and physical exercise, which built the child's strength. He gave her tutelage in piano playing according to his own personally developed method from age five. Her divorced father, Friedrich Wieck, was a well-known piano teacher and founder of a piano factory. This notable person was born in Leipzig on Septemas Clara Wieck. Beyond that, though, Clara Schumann left an indelible mark on music life, one still palpable today. Her image is nearly universally familiar in Germany - at least to those who were around before the euro was adopted in 2002 - as "the woman on the 100 Deutsche Mark bill" that was introduced in 1989. New biographies and diaries of her youth have been published, and Clara Schumann's compositions, long forgotten, are turning up on playbills. In the latter city alone - her birthplace - there are some 170 events honoring Schumann in 2019. In the Clara Schumann anniversary year, there are special concerts everywhere in Germany and exhibitions in Zwickau, Frankfurt, Bonn and Leipzig.
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