HN@s,. Clara Schumann: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op.17 Strand: Instrumental music 1. <> xn8 (: Ivv{g>(| d_u)gXX'syz~?xy}8U .oV/n==4t+npE Clara Schumann was an experienced, admired performer in the cutthroat world of acclaimed piano virtuososand this formidable, imaginative closing movement . 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. It is not hard to hear how Brahms would have admired the finale, an ostensibly relaxed Allegretto with gypsy coloring. 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. However, the overall mood of the piece is still playful. It is considered one of her best works and it's one of her few compositions more extended than lieder and keyboard character pieces. 17 not only contains compositional Like the finale of Roberts Quintet, it mixes sonata and rondo elements. At her time, Schumann was best known for her skills at the piano, performing throughout Europe from an early age. [2], Clara Schumann's compositions include 30 Lieder (songs), choral music, solo piano pieces, 1 piano concerto, chamber and orchestral works. Mendelssohn owned himself impressed with the trio, singling out the fugato in the development of the last movement for special praise. Among the tangled threads of counterpoint and circumstance that bound Brahms to . Clara Schumann, ne Wieck, was born in Leipzig on 13 September 1819 and shot to fame as a child prodigy, performing in Paris, Vienna and across Europe in her teens. There is also a fairly unprepared modulation to D major in bar 57. Robert Schumann with an analysis of works from the most important genres in which he worked. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> keller james m 1953. piano trio no 2 brahms. 17; Tro para piano en sol menor, Op. 0000007296 00000 n February 2014: Piano Trio in G minor, op. 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. Some features of this site may not work without it. 25, was composed by Johannes Brahms between 1856 and 1861. 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. 1 in D Minor, Op. 23, Clara Schumann & Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trios, Clara Wieck-Schumann: Trio g-moll Op. Well at least that bit was nice and easy! Clara Schumann began her musical career the day she was born. Throughout their lives, they developed a lively artistic exchange which included borrowing musical materials from each other. In the recapitulation, the first subject should be in the tonic key. Schumann uses lots of interesting, harmonically rich chords throughout the movement. Clara About Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Schumann grew up surrounded by music. Brahms: Double Concerto; Clara Schumann: Piano Trio, Clara Schumann: Piano Trio; Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trios; String Quartet, The Leipzig Circle, Vol. Score reading has also ceased once again, but I hope that it will not be for long this time. in the development of concerts. Their works were frequently paired at concerts. Rather unusually, the whole movement ends with a plagal cadence (IV I). 17; Robert Schumann: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. In the lead-in to 1c, Schumann includes that special chord progression of Ic V7 I. the piano plays a. Department Music Description text Subject Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896--Criticism and interpretation 17: Third movement, Andante" February 24, 2015 Instrumentation- piano, violin, and cello; genre- piano trio; 1846 This piano trio has four movements instead of three, and contains two sonata-form outer movements, a scherzo second movement, and this slower third movement. The beginning of 1c (i.e. 137 0 obj Visita nuestra pgina web en espaol. If Schumanns influence is apparent in the first movement, Mendelssohns can be heard in the melodious Andante, a Romantic Song without Words with an agitated middle section and some lovely writing for all three instruments. 2:8g\UA hk U@|cw;3>eLce81eVy 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. Each instrument has equal importance, taking turns playing the lead. It is more lyrical and sustained than previous themes, using longer minims and tied notes. Tavola-Tecla Trio concert (Albert Bergen (violin), Karen Sunabacka (cello), Darryl Friesen (piano)) Emmanuel Mennonite Church. Now that that bits finally done, here are some more general melodic points: The overall texture of Schumanns Piano Trio is melody and accompaniment. Instrumentation- piano, violin, and cello; genre- piano trio; 1846. At last, it goes back to Scherzo to finish the movement. 1 in G minor, Op. endstream The second of Schumann's three piano sonatas, the G minor Op 22, begins Fabian Mller's recital disc for Berlin Classics, Passionato. Ferrndez, who released his debut album on Sony Classical in 2021 to critical acclaim, was also a member of Anne-Sophie Mutter's . - Youtube videos - Analysis of each element - Questions to consider - Wider listening ideas with a task for students to . These include Eb major in bar 98, Bb minor two bars later and then F minor two bars after that! Her husband Robert Schumann was extremely ill. Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items. Grace Williams: Violin Sonata. She grew up to be one of the. The union was fiercely opposed by Claras father Friedrich, who had guided the pianistic development of both. Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Gershwin, and Philip Glass. Though the speed with which the trio was conceived seems surprising, Schumann himself felt that his creative process had become more time-consuming, as a post-1846 diary entry makes clear: I used to write practically all of my shorter pieces in the heat of inspiration, and many were completed with almost unthinkable rapidity. Instruments:Artists. In the mid-1840s, they both made a close study of Bach and Clara emerged with a fine hand at counterpoint. If not, here is a link to where you can buy it. Tickets cost 20,000 to 30,000 won. Heres a breakdown of each of the themes: 1a acts as a musical question. 0000004651 00000 n A contemporary classical flutist, educator, entrepreneur, and marketing communications professional on a mission to celebrate marginalized voices, particularly from Black and Latinx cultures. Clara Schumann (1819-1896) was a well-known pianist in the nineteenth century. endobj Rhythms are simple but varied from measure to measure. The first subject group should be in the tonic key. 17; Robert Schumann: Trio in D minor, Op. While in Norderney, Clara suffered from miscarriage. Because this paper discusses Clara Schu- Can you hear any of these features in Schumanns Piano Trio? Its main melody is subtly related to the main theme of the first movement and polyphonically pliable. as a female composer. 17, Movement 1 Support Guide", International Music Score Library Project, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Piano_Trio_(Clara_Schumann)&oldid=1072054408, This page was last edited on 15 February 2022, at 18:42. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Until recently, little was known about her role as a composer, and her works were consistently relegated to the domain of the "salon." 1 - 3, Schubert: Piano Sonata D. 958; Mozart: Piano Sonata K. 570; Schumann: Piano Sonata Op. . contemporaries. This CD presents two of the finest chamber works by Clara and Robert Schumann, whose sixteen-year-long marriage was the commingling of the shared musical experience, complimentary creative requirements, and physical and emotional dependencies of two of Germanys finest Romantic-era musicians. 0 0000043272 00000 n 17; Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Trio d-moll Op. <<5B3DA50424A6B2110A00002A8DCBFE7F>]/Prev 1021387>> Panicking because there are only a few months left until the exam? The Andante is a lovely instrumental song in G major, though not without its own offbeat tuggings and a fiercely contrasting middle section in E minor. endobj Struggling to revise for A level music: Schumann Piano Trio, and not sure where to start? [4], Hall, George, "Schumann, Clara (Josephine)," in, Clara Schumann: Trio Fr Violine, Cello Und Klavier Op. No crystal-ball required to predict our best-selling title of February - John Wilson's second album of English music for strings (featuring Howells's Concerto for string orchestra, Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Elgar's Introduction & Allegro and Delius . For a while at least. 49, Schumann was twenty-nine, and embroiled in an effort to marry twenty-year-old Clara Wieck, whose career as a concert pianist was already firmly established. Here are some examples: I probably shouldnt be saying this, but you really dont need to know what all this musical jargon means. The sonata-form first movement is filled with Romantic ardor, from its urgent lyrical themes tinged with longing, to its vigorous contrapuntal development section, to its brief, driving coda. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Rect[81.0 653.07 149.177 707.07]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> A good example is bars 29-30. Unexpectedly, Schumann's imagination flags somewhat in the routine harmonization of the Andante; these could be the bland chords in 3/4 time underlying any Victorian parlor song. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export. There was another reason, too. Only after a drawn out legal battle was the couple allowed to wed in 1840. However, we are back in G minor by bar 250. The trio is one of 23 published opuses of Clara Schumann and it was written when she was 27. 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. stream For these musicians and for the composer . 0000031561 00000 n However, she was a talented composer in her own right fairly obviously, otherwise we wouldnt be studying her for A Level! Their influences were mutual composed in 1846, Claras Piano Trio in G minor, Op. Of her twenty-one, generally small-scale compositions, the Piano Trio, I have taught advanced analysis and Schenkerian analysis in this course. Composer background [Accompanying PowerPoint provides illustrations] Clara Schumann (1819-1896) was a German concert pianist and composer. Here are some other interesting points in the music: There is wide dynamic range to be found in this movement. She made her piano debut at 11 and began her Piano Concerto in A Minor when she was 14. The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. It begins with an anacrusis and again is mostly conjunct. Smithsonian Institution The mood of 1c is a sudden shift from the music beforehand, using dotted notes and staccato articulation to establish a more angry, almost aggressive tone. children. 1845 est l'anne o Schumann dcouvre sa passion pour la composition de fugues, passion qu'il partage avec Clara, sa femme. 0000003783 00000 n She did so in part because in both Claras and Roberts eyes, Robert took priority. Romantic harmony uses a system of tension with lots of dissonance and then mild relief. endobj 1b acts as the answer to 1as question. She completed it in 1846, during the Romantic period, and she wrote it for piano, violin and cello. JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Become a member today! Watch as they overcome their jealousies and try to make their relationship work. <>/Border[0 0 0]/Rect[403.476 617.094 549.0 629.106]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> The Piano Trio (Op. 0000001056 00000 n new light on this work in particular and her abilities in general. 144 0 obj 88), choosing D minor as a bow to Mendelssohns work. Copyright is held by the author. Her husband Robert Schumann was extremely ill. 0000003032 00000 n Im tentatively assuming most of the people reading this will already have the A Level Anthology of Music recommended by Edexcel. Her Frederick R. Koch Collection Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Heres a breakdown of the strict tonality conventions in sonata form vs how Schumann switches things up a bit. xref 0000012952 00000 n Clara puts her Bach studies to use in the development section, a confident excursion into counterpoint, and uses a scholarly and controlled approach to a section that other composers of the time dealt with more freely, even sloppily. This trio was completed during the summer of 1846 when they traveled to Norderney in attempts to improve Robert's health conditions. For example, we pass through C minor in bar 35 and D minor in bar 36. Pianist Micaela Gelius favors an expansive, rhetorical, and probing interpretive style that emphasizes robust poetry rather than scintillation. However, Schumann also moves us through some other keys. She completed it in 1846, during the Romantic period, and she wrote it for piano, violin and cello . 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. of this sonata with her Piano Trio in G minor, op. 5; Klaviertrio a-Moll, Op. 17, Clara Schumann, Rebecca Clarke, Alba Rosa Vitor: Piano Trios, Clara Schumann: Piano Trio; Franz Schubert: Quartet Rosamunde; Trio D471, Robert & Clara Schumann: Piano Trios, Op. 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. Trio, piano, strings, op. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. 140 0 obj 141 0 obj 17 by Clara . 0000006011 00000 n 0000005631 00000 n The piano writing is fiendishly difficult, says Kanneh-Mason. Some features of this site may not work without it. Clara Schumann's Piano Trio, Op. 146 0 obj During the development, the music moves through several different keys. But putting Robert first, caring for their growing family (eventually they would have eight children), and concert tours left little time for composing. Delving into Schumann's most famous pieces in engaging and accessible style, Donald Sanders provides insightful analysis for dedicated lovers of Schumann as well as newcomers to his musical innovations. If you're not familiar with Clara Schumann's music, this collection of solo and chamber works provides an excellent and inexpensive overview. This paper traces the musical development of pianist and composer Clara Schumann (1819-1896) leading to the composition of the Piano Trio, Op. Clara was already well known as a piano virtuoso when she married Robert. As his 2016 debut showed, Mller likes to mix and match . The second subject is in Bb major, the relative major. innovative compositional techniques demonstrating both her understanding of 0000000016 00000 n If only I dont fall too far behind. Of course, these are all passing modulations. Her husband, Robert Schumann, was extremely ill and the couple had travelled to Nordeney in an . Having said that, its important to remember that the harmony is still diatonic and functional! However, its actual history is a bit more complicated. 0000001682 00000 n 17, written one year earlier. <>/MediaBox[0 0 612 792]/Parent 132 0 R/Resources<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> [4] Throughout the movement, each instrument has its own soloist moment on top of an exceptional balance between three instruments. <<>> 54, is the only piano concerto written by Schumann and one of the most intimate of his large-scale works. All rights reserved. trio should be praised or criticized using the same guidelines as the trios of her | Tucson, AZ 85721-0055. The finale, Allegretto, returns to the major mode and to sonata form. The Scherzo in the tempo of a minuet is a surprisingly gentle movement, marked by playful dotted rhythms and a more lyrical trio. The Trio, though, plays across-the-bar metrical games and has a very expansive, Beethovenian transition back to the main music. Although she lived until she was 77, her composition all but stopped when she was 36 after her husband Robert tried to kill himself and was committed to an asylum. This study demonstrates that There are some bigger leaps, however, such as the octave leap in bar 6. Clara puts her study of counterpoint to impressive use in the animated last movement, which opens quietly, develops dramatically in a fugal central section, and ends elegantly on an uplifting major chord. (from the liner notes to the recording by Kenneth Slowik, 2010), Smithsonian Chamber Music Society rXYTVMm")}Bkee6eIs~[nC0hZ(l{nC$@ h[Ul@t'cpw"!X!"r1N\jH! This paper traces the musical development of pianist and composer Clara Schumann (1819-1896) leading to the composition of the Piano Trio, Op. This speed is backed up by the BPM marking of crotchet = 152. 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