Following her mother's departure from the family home, Clara, aged four, had been taught piano, music theory and composition by her father alone. [2], Clara Schumann's compositions include 30 Lieder (songs), choral music, solo piano pieces, 1 piano concerto, chamber and orchestral works. For more information . While there, Clara suffered from miscarriage. Tonality and structure are greatly intertwined when it comes to sonata form. This is THE MOST important thing to remember about Schumanns Piano Trio. <> As is typical of early Romantic music, there are lots of perfect cadences in the music. endobj 17, 88 & 110, Music@Menlo 2011: Through Brahms Disc 6: Schumann, C. Schumann, Brahms, Clara Schumann: Trio in G minor, Op. 146 0 obj Rather unusually, the whole movement ends with a plagal cadence (IV I). As long as you can pinpoint the chord and know what it sounds like, youll be able to answer harmony questions easily! For example, we pass through C minor in bar 35 and D minor in bar 36. There is an accent on the first beat of bar 47. Clara Schumann (1819-1896) was a well-known pianist in the nineteenth century. Score reading has also ceased once again, but I hope that it will not be for long this time. endobj Like her to contemporaries, the virtuosi Anton Rubinstein and Sigismond Thalberg, Clara Schumann was a gifted pianist and one of the leading musicians of her day. The Piano Trio in G minor is often considered Schumanns masterpiece, and rightly so. 17 by Clara Schumann. Not coincidentally, the first Piano Trio of Robert Schumann, a work of substantial craftsmanship, bears a strong musical resemblance to Clara's Piano Trio, Op. Significant musicians from Claras 3 0 obj Born in Barry, Glamorgan in 1906, Grace Williams learnt piano and violin from a young age before turning her hand to composition. 17, written one year earlier. For example, she was one of the first pianists to perform from memory, something which today is seen as the norm. It is her only published work comprised of all four movements that tradition demanded of a serious composition. Clara composed, toured, played, and was fted as in the old days before marriage and childbearing., One of Claras finest compositions is her piano trio in G minor, written between May and September of 1846 and printed the following year as her opus 17. 17 not only contains compositional [1], The 2nd movement consists of three sections; Scherzo, Trio, and Scherzo. Clara Schumann - 1819-1896 German Musician and Composer Primary types of composition: Orchestra, Concerto, Chamber and Piano She was referred to as "European Queen of the Piano" "Piano Trio in G minor op. A detailed consideration of Claras musical biography, the 63, written the following year. 0000027350 00000 n 0000012952 00000 n of other successful composers and performers of her time, yet she had many selfdoubts hb```f``YADX, B`~! Mo1b|qGP&Hc_ y,^ru'Wl\U1,}+_0|7p7OUysTQw>SUs^W}9CG 5D2JTuL`.2 17. Schumanns musical education and opportunities for composition paralleled that Even so, the composer never relaxes the music's lyrical urgency. Only after a drawn out legal battle was the couple allowed to wed in 1840. (202) 633-4174 Phone (202) 633-8052 Fax endobj Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Panicking because there are only a few months left until the exam? [3] The work, written for a piano trio comprising piano, violin and cello, was her first attempt at writing music for instruments other than the voice and piano. The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann, vol. 25, was composed by Johannes Brahms between 1856 and 1861. 145 0 obj . <>/Border[0 0 0]/Rect[145.74 211.794 223.476 223.806]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> in the development of concerts. Both of the Schumanns suffered during the composition of the trio. Now that that bits finally done, here are some more general melodic points: The overall texture of Schumanns Piano Trio is melody and accompaniment. Frederick R. Koch Collection Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Over the next ten days, the Schumann household books repeatedly testify to Schumanns joy with his progress on the trio, the sketch of which was finished on 16 June. Thanks to her constant touring, which almost always included performances of her own music, Clara was probably a better-known composer than Robert when they married. endobj It is considered one of her best works and it's one of her few compositions more extended than lieder and keyboard character pieces. You can really tell that she was a pianist though - it has by far the most prominent and difficult part! This study will place this piece within the context of the Romantic piano sonata genre of the mid-nineteenth century, and offer some possible reasons for its neglect within the literature. endobj This paper traces the musical development of pianist and composer Clara Schumann (1819-1896) leading to the composition of the Piano Trio, Op. 80 & 88; Clara Wieck Schumann: Piano Trio, Op. It is one of only a few multi-movement works in her oeuvre, following the full four- [4], Hall, George, "Schumann, Clara (Josephine)," in, Clara Schumann: Trio Fr Violine, Cello Und Klavier Op. bach s operas of the soul a listener s guide to the sacred. However, we are back in G minor by bar 250. 17; Tro para piano en sol menor, Op. While Clara was on tour in Paris shortly before their wedding, for example, Robert had written her: I have just read your letter in which you write, If I remain in Dresden for one year I will be forgotten as an artist . Until the mid-2000s, you could count commercial recordings of Clara Schumann's piano concerto (which she composed and premiered as Clara Wieck when still in her early teens) on one hand - the past few years, however, have seen an upswing in appreciation of the work itself and its composer in general, with Isata Kanneh-Mason, Barry Wordsworth and Gabriela Montero among those who've recently . For a while at least. Clara Schumanns Piano Trio, Op. 0000003783 00000 n Its main melody is subtly related to the main theme of the first movement and polyphonically pliable. Clara and Robert Schumann shared so many musical interests that after a few years of marriage, their compositions began to sound quite similar -- that is, Clara's started sounding more like Robert's. In spite of these challenges, Claras works exhibit learned and how rich in invention, how interesting from beginning to end it is, how fresh and what a beautifully coherent whole! wrote Clara Schumann of her husband Robert's Piano Concerto. I have tried to make all this information as concise as possible so you can get the best value for your time spent reading. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Gerstein / Grainyt-Tyla Thursday THU 30 March 2023 07.30 PM Groer Saal . A rather detailed dissection of everything you need to know for A Level music: Schumann Piano Trio, from texture and dynamics to tonality and context. Make sure you write EVERYTHING down and learn it thoroughly. 173 0 obj Clara was already well known as a piano virtuoso when she married Robert. contemporaries. Anne-Sophie Mutter joins her protg and Sony Classical artist, cellist Pablo Ferrndez, for this new recording of Brahms's bijoux Double Concerto and the unjustly neglected Piano Trio by Clara Schumann. 17; Drei Romanzen, Op. If not, here is a link to where you can buy it. through the balancing of tradition and innovation, Clara Schumanns piano trio They are VERY important though! The movement's exposition is recapitulated in full, now building to a dramatic -- yet not stormy -- coda that expertly releases most of its tension just before the final chords. 0000008330 00000 n Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor Op 17 (Mvt 1) // Friday Lunchtime Concert London Symphony Orchestra 197K subscribers Subscribe 169 13K views 3 years ago A live lunchtime concert from LSO. Remember that lovely Ab major modulation in bar 139? Schumann completed the Op. Clara Schumann was a well-rounded professional musician of the highest caliber anchored in an outstanding education directed by her father that included piano, violin, theory, harmony, orchestration, counterpoint, fugue and composition with some of the finest teachers throughout Germany. The Scherzo is in B-flat major, the same key as the relative major of the first movement, and it instructed to be played in the "Tempo di minuetto" which means slow, graceful and playful. However, the overall mood of the piece is still playful. trio should be praised or criticized using the same guidelines as the trios of her 0000002084 00000 n (Roberts own G-minor Piano Trio would be composed in 1851.) info@smithsonianchambermusic.org. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Rect[403.476 617.094 549.0 629.106]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> 0000002787 00000 n This is called a tonal surprise. Her mother, Marianne Tromliz, was a famous singer, and her father, Friedrich Wieck, was a music teacher. Claras childhood was filled with lessons, She completed it in 1846, during the Romantic period, and she wrote it for piano, violin and cello. As Nancy Reich observes in her ground-breaking biography of the virtuosa, Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman: Once she realized that wet nurses were available, that the baby could be boarded with relatives, that an additional maid could be hired for a pittance, that motherhood did not necessarily tie her down, she wasted no time. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> However, as there is clearly still one dominant melody, we are going to call this polyphonically animated homophony rather than pure polyphony. responsibilities as a wife, caring for her ill husband, and a mother, raising seven 2This paper uses the name "Clara Wieck" to refer to her prior to her 1840 marriage to Robert Schumann, and "Clara Schumann" for after the marriage. In the mid-1840s, they both made a close study of Bach and Clara emerged with a fine hand at counterpoint. I cant do anything with my composingI would sometimes like to strike my dumb head! Robert may not have been entirely dissatisfied, for, while he rejoiced in his wifes talents, he had great difficulty overcoming his rather bourgeois expectations of marriage. than piano and voice or piano and violin. 0000027176 00000 n Tickets cost 20,000 to 30,000 won. However, there are some different textures throughout. Claras Trio begins softly, but with a robust main theme with the kind of bold profile that lends itself to points of imitation and motivic development. This is one of the strongest chord progressions and clearly establishes the key of 1c. xref Russian Piano Music Andor Pinter 2013-01-16 This collection of 44 pieces spotlights . (from the liner notes to the recording by Kenneth Slowik, 2010), Smithsonian Chamber Music Society JavaScript is disabled for your browser. The musical collaboration between Clara and Robert Schumann was productive due both to the close nature of their relationship and their mutual respect for each other's musicianship. To celebrate, we've collected five string pieces from Welsh composers new and old. In the recapitulation, the first subject is in G minor, the tonic key. 2023 Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. She was referred to as the Queen of the Piano, and was instrumental (geddit?) 45; Clara Schumann: Trio in G, Op. The short development section breaks into an animated fugue, but soon relaxes the fugal rules to vary the themes with greater freedom. Washington, DC 20013-7012 . Clrchen, you are not really seriousand if you were to be forgotten as an artist, would you not be beloved as a wife? 63, written the following year. 0000001056 00000 n traits that conform to the standards of the nineteenth century piano trio but also The Scherzo is a rustic piece in the tempo of a minuet, filled with snap rhythms carried by the violin. But putting Robert first, caring for their growing family (eventually they would have eight children), and concert tours left little time for composing. Smithsonian Institution <<5B3DA50424A6B2110A00002A8DCBFE7F>]/Prev 1021387>> During the transition, the music modulates to the relative major. 17; Robert Schumann: Trio in D minor, Op. | Composer background [Accompanying PowerPoint provides illustrations] Clara Schumann (1819-1896) was a German concert pianist and composer. During the development of the Trio, she was going through hardships in life. Theirs was a passionate relationship, with music at the center . 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