{"id":43744,"date":"2024-05-28T20:05:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eec8fea0-40e0-4fa4-b9df-9df96c8fee71"},"modified":"2024-05-29T20:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T18:36:06","slug":"clara-schumann-child-prodigy-concert-pianist-pioneering-female-composer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/clara-schumann-child-prodigy-concert-pianist-pioneering-female-composer\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Schumann: child prodigy, concert pianist, pioneering female composer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Tuesday, 28 May 2024 at 18:05 PM<\/p>

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Child prodigy, sought-after concert pianist, mother of seven surviving children, Clara Schumann was also a burgeoning composer in a male-dominated musical world…<\/strong><\/p>

Who was Clara Schumann?<\/h2>
On 8 November 1830 an 11 year-old wunderkid by the name of Clara Wieck made her official debut at Leipzig\u2019s Gewandhaus. Her programme included not only showpieces by such fashionable note-spinners as Kalkbrenner, Herz and Czerny, but also her own recently written Variations on an Original Theme. <\/p>