How old was robert schumann when he married clara

Rick Fulker.

09/13/2019. As we mentioned, Schumann had a fiancée, Ernestine Von Fricken, before falling. . It was, his diary noted, “ my first step as a man. She exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital, while also having. Robert and Clara went to court to sue him, which was successful, and the couple were married on 12 September 1840, the day. true history, which should give us pleasure even in old age. .

. They loved each other madly. Clara was born Clara Wieck. . . She at the piano and he at composing. 90 Schumann and Clara: a musical intertwining i.

George Hamilton.

Fridays at 9, join us for a new four-part series, Her/Music: Her/Story, focusing on the under-looked work of composers who happen to be women. After a long and acrimonious legal battle with her father, Schumann married Clara Wieck in the Gedächtniskirche Schönefeld in Leipzig-Schönefeld, on 12 September 1840, the day before her 21st birthday. He was outstanding both as a composer and as a critic.

Clara and Robert Schumann were married on September 12, 1840.