Clara Schumann is best known as one of the great pianists of the nineteenth century. Her work as a composer, though, has often received less attention. In her new book, Madame Composer: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann, musicologist and writer

Today we’re charting the tumultuous courtship between classical music’s most famous couple: composer Robert Schumann and pianist Clara Wieck. Composer Robert Schumann was born on 8 June 1810, and his future wife Clara on 13 September 1819. They met in

Clara Schumann’s students came from across Europe and went on to careers that stretched into the second half of the twentieth century. In the first part of our series on Clara Schumann’s students, we met four women who studied with

Clara Schumann is remembered today as one of the greatest pianists of the nineteenth century – but her influence didn’t end with her own performances. Over the course of her career, she taught hundreds of students, shaping the next generation

Many classical music lovers know the broad strokes of the life and career of Clara Wieck Schumann: she was a renowned prodigy, her father, Friedrich, tried to keep her from marrying her true love, Robert Schumann, and she went on

Many modern listeners are fascinated by the love triangle of Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms. If Interlude’s analytics are anything to go by, so are you! This musical trio has been sparking fascination for generations, so much so

When the poet Friedrich Rückert wrote his Liebesfrühling (Love’s Springtime) in 1821, he was courting his future wife, Luise Wiethaus-Fischer. This complete collection of four hundred poems was first published in 1834, and from this most successful cycle of love

The love story between Robert and Clara Schumann is often regarded as one of the most romantic in classical music history. Happily for historians, many of their love letters survive. They document their inner thoughts and emotions, as well as