Clara Schumann
(
nee
Clara Josephine Wieck
; 13 September 1819 ? 20 May 1896) was a
German
musician
and composer, considered one of the most distinguished
pianists
of the Romantic era.
Quotes about Schumann
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- Miss
Fanny Davies
, who was studying with Madame Schumann at the same time as myself, is a very good example of easy muscular movement and finely developed finger technique. Leschetizky was a fine teacher; so was
Liszt
(when he took the trouble). L. Deppe and Caland were the last exponents of this perfectly simple and natural way of playing. For simple and natural it is, as is proved by the fact that all great concert pianists of today play in this way, whether they themselves realise it or not. (I was told that
Backhaus
, on being asked how he did it, replied that he didn't know.)
- Marie Fromm, "Some Reminiscences of My Music Studies with Clara Schumann",
The Musical Times
, Vol. 73, No. 1073 (Jul. 1, 1932), pp. 615-616