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Clara Schumann

1819 - 1896

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Clara Josephine Schumann (; German: [ˈklaːʁa ˈʃuːman]; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over the course of a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital by lessening the importance of purely virtuosic works. She also composed solo piano pieces, a piano concerto, chamber music, choral pieces, and songs. She grew up in Leipzig, where both her father Friedrich Wieck and her mother Mariane were pianists and piano teachers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clara Schumann is the 11th most popular musician (down from 8th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Germany (down from 71st in 2019) and the most popular German Musician.

Clara Schumann is most famous for being a pianist and composer. She was the first woman to be recognized as a great pianist.

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Among musicians, Clara Schumann ranks 11 out of 3,175. Before her are Franz Liszt, Niccolò Paganini, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, and Louis Armstrong. After her are Leonard Cohen, Lemmy, Jeff Beck, Roger Taylor, Paul McCartney, and Jimi Hendrix.

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Among people born in 1819, Clara Schumann ranks 5. Before her are Queen Victoria, Albert, Prince Consort, Jacques Offenbach, and Gustave Courbet. After her are Léon Foucault, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Báb, Hippolyte Fizeau, and Maria II of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1896, Clara Schumann ranks 2. Before her is Alfred Nobel. After her are Paul Verlaine, Anton Bruckner, August Kekulé, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Ivar Aasen, Frederic Leighton, Hippolyte Fizeau, William Morris, Otto Lilienthal, and John Everett Millais.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Clara Schumann ranks 91 out of 7,253. Before her are Clara Zetkin (1857), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Erich von Manstein (1887), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), and Bruce Willis (1955). After her are Charles the Bald (823), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), and Wilhelm Keitel (1882).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Clara Schumann ranks 1. After her are Leopold Mozart (1719), Till Lindemann (1963), Hans von Bülow (1830), Frank Farian (1941), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Carlos Kleiber (1930), James Last (1929), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Klaus Nomi (1944), André Previn (1929), and Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784).

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