CLARA SCHUMANN

Childhood

• She was an only child her parents were Marianne Tromlitz and Freidrich Wieck
• She was poor in her childhood
• She also had no jobs as a child

SCHOOL

• She was smart in school she did not have any problems in school
• She technically did not start out as a musician
• She did not have to move to go to school

CITY AND COUNTRY

• She was from the city Leipzig
• She was from The country Germany
• She did not live anywhere else
• She died in Frankfort-German Empire

She composed
In the
ROMANTIC
era.

INFO ABOUT CLARA

• Her dad was a piano teacher
• She got her musical education at her home in Leipzig Germany
• Her father was her only influence

Clara mostly played the piano and used the piano for a lot of her compositions

Clara composed operas and smymphonys

Clara wrote compositions for orchestras including pianos

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CLARA SCHUMANN

• She was married to Robert Schumann
• She was the first pianist to play from memory!
• Fredric Chopin told Franz Liszt about Clara's writing
• Clara composed and played a lot of piano music
• She had 8 children and 4 of them died before she did and one of them died in an insane asylum with her husband.
• She died because of a stroke
• Fanny Mendelssohn ad Clara Schumann were friends.

YOUTUBE LINKS

• http://youtu.be/WqhoAN0FLHo
• http://youtu.be/ZytQRYgNJBc
• http://youtu.be/K7g-VeD2kkU

http://youtu.be/K7g-VeD2kkU

• I chose this youtube link because it is very lively
• The music was made for pianos to play it.
• This music was made in the 1800's

WEBSITES I USED

• Encyclopedia
• Wikipedia
• Kids Music Corner
• Women Composers