Today Sadie talks all about Clara Schumann, a piano prodigy, virtuoso, and romantic composer. Clara was an early piano talent with a groundbreaking legacy in the piano performance world. Despite her talent as a performer, she is best remembered for her husband Robert Schumann, and his well-known compositions that she helped popularize after his death. We discuss the era she grew up in, her early talent and performances, her father's refusal of her marriage (and consequent legal case), her role as a wife and mother, her struggle as a female composer, her husband's tragic death, her professional success, and how the world views her today.

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