Clara Schumann's half-sister, Marie Wieck, mistakenly published two of Clara's early songs, "Der Wanderer in der Sägemühle" and "Der Wanderer," under their father's name in 1875.
Critical Reception
In the joint publication with Robert Schumann, the songs best liked by the public were those written by Clara Schumann, demonstrating her ability to compete with her husband in song composition.
Instruments
Clara Schumann's Zwickau grand piano, built by Matthäus Andreas Stein, served as the model for the illustration on the back of earlier 100 DM bills.
Composer Biography
Clara Wieck gave about eighteen concerts a year in the 1830s, mostly on tours organized by her father, Friedrich Wieck, an instrument dealer and piano teacher.
Composition History
Robert Schumann printed nine of his own songs alongside three of Clara's Rückert songs in a collection titled "Twelve Poems from F. Rückert's Love's Spring," without initially informing Clara.
Instruments
The grand piano Clara Schumann owned, built by Matthäus Andreas Stein in Vienna, was used for her first public concert at age nine and is now in the Schumann Museum in Zwickau.
Composer Biography
Clara Wieck, later Clara Schumann, published her first piano composition at age twelve, the same year Robert Schumann published his Opus 1.
