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Today in our exploration of music by Clara and Robert Schumann, we are going to explore Robert’s Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish.” He composed it between November 2th and December 9th of 1850, in a bit more than a month. ..
Today in our exploration of music by Clara and Robert Schumann, I am going to share with you “Chiarina” from Robert’s Carnaval. Imagine a party where each character is wearing a mask, and a piece of music ..
Today in our exploration of music by Clara and Robert Schumann, I am going to share with you “Chopin” from Robert’s Carnaval. Imagine a party where each character is wearing a mask, and a musical piece is attempting ..
Today in our exploration of music by Clara and Robert Schumann, I am going to share with you an excerpt from my favorite piece by Robert, his Piano Quartet in E-flat Major. I find that I especially love adagios, and that ..
Today we are going to continue our exploration into Clara and Robert Schumann’s music by diving into music by Robert. I first heard Robert’s piano concerto around the same time as Edvard Grieg’s piano concerto, ..
Today we are going to continue our exploration into music of Clara and Robert Schumann by listening to Clara’s Three Romances for violin and piano, Op. 22:
Today we are going to continue our exploration into the music of Clara and Robert Schumann by listening to Clara’s Scherzo No.2 in C Minor. A scherzo is a lively, playful piece of music.
Over the next few music notes, you and I are going on a journey through the music of Clara Schumann (1819-1896). Clara was born into a family of musicians; her mother was a singer and her father was a piano teacher. She was a brilliant ..