![]() ![]() At age nine, she’d performed some of his polonaises and a piano arrangement of Die Forelle on her first concerts. The dedication meant much to young Clara, even in her teenage years she understood the significance of such an honor. 812) to Clara Wieck.Ĭlara Wieck’s name centered in a larger font than the composer shows how great Clara’s fame was – how her name sold music better than Schubert’s – and also how respect for Schubert among the public had not yet reached what we know today. The empress dubbed her Honorary Court Virtuosa, and the music publisher Diabelli dedicated Schubert’s Grand Duo, (the Sonata in C-major for piano four-hands, D. ![]() They went mad for her, rioting for her concert tickets, and the proverbial “Clara War” began-“Who is better, Clara Wieck or Franz Liszt?” They even named a desert after her, torte á la Wieck. She was an immediate sensation with the Viennese. In 1837, the eighteen-year-old piano virtuosa, Clara Wieck, made a concert tour to Vienna, the first of many in her sixty-year career. In short, Schubert was among the indispensable composers in Clara’s life. Clara’s diaries and letters show how the works enhanced her close relationships with Robert and Johannes, both intellectually and philosophically. Her compositions both in piano and lieder bear the marks and influence of her Schubert studies. But Schubert’s sonatas, chamber music, and lieder were essential parts of her repertoire, too, and his music held great personal significance to her.īefore getting into the dry repertoire lists, dates, and performances, let’s start with Clara’s love of Schubert from her earliest years. She’s most famous for championing the works of Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, and for being the first to cement Beethoven, Bach, Mendelssohn, and Chopin in the piano recital repertoire. ![]() It’s easy to overlook how important Franz Schubert’s music was in the life and career of Clara Schumann. ( Originally published in The Schubertian, October 2021) ![]()
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