Leipzig born composer Clara Schumann was a prodigious talent from a very early age, like a number of canonical heroes of classical music. She was a figurehead of 19th Century classical composition, and an agent for change in the cultural norms of piano performance, shifting focus from appreciation purely virtuosic performance.
Leipzig born composer Clara Schumann was a prodigious talent from a very early age, like a number of canonical heroes of classical music. She was a figurehead of 19th Century classical composition, and an agent for change in the cultural norms of piano performance, shifting focus from appreciation purely virtuosic performance.