By 1840, Clara Wieck, 20 ... renowned violinist Joseph Joaquim and the 20-year-old Johannes Brahms, whose budding genius Schumann immediately recognized. During the winter of 1854, Schumann's ...

The gypsy taught Brahms to love Hungarian dances. He introduced him to Joachim who paved the way to the famed friendship with Robert and Clara Schumann. Robert Schumann, one of the great ...

Often when the name Schumann ... to Clara are routinely centered on considerations of Robert's life and music - not to mention gossipy speculation about her relationship with Brahms, a close ...

There’s no doubt that Brahms was in love with Clara but doubtful whether the relationship ever developed into anything more than a platonic friendship. They decided to go their separate ways after ...

Cloth, $35. BURIED IN THIS book amid a collection of formal portraits of the mature Brahms, Clara Schumann, Johann Strauss, Brahms' sitting room and a caricature of a shabby "Saint Brahms," is a ...

Only those closest to Brahms knew how important this piece was to him, and how he’d suffered in its creation. In his early twenties, he’d lived as the protégé of Robert and Clara Schumann.

The story of young composer, Johannes Brahms, and his relationship with, Robert and Clara Schumann, the famous music couple that aided in his rise to fame.

Here, Brahms was one of the few welcome visitors. Schumann lived on in this unhappy state for a further two years. He died in Clara’s arms and was buried the next day in Bonn. Opinions vary as to ...