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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 months

***BOOK DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!*** It’s official—I’m writing a biography of Clara Schumann titled MADAME COMPOSER.

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Sarah Fritz

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2 years

I do enjoy Clara Schumann’s husband’s music— a very talented composer in his own right.

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Sarah Fritz

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10 months

I’m just super glad MAESTRO employed musicians for all its live music scenes—literally HUNDREDS of us were able to pay rent from this movie.

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Sarah Fritz

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2 years

Next classical music bio pic? Please🙏🏻 Emily Blunt as Clara Schumann

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Reminder— Clara Schumann was the youngest EVER to compose, perform, and publish a piano concerto. She premiered it at the Gewandhaus with Mendelssohn conducting—one month after her 16th birthday. Younger than Mozart.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Happy Birthday to the great Clara Schumann!🎉🎂 A composer, pianist, and genius who curated the classical canon as we know it. 🥂Cheers to the Queen of the Piano, the Priestess of Art! 🥂

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Some things haven’t changed since 1839… 😂🙄 Clara Wieck, after her concert: “The man said not one syllable about my playing and only admired my earrings💎— I should have liked to beat him!”

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

My first ever NY Times byline!!! With @litrarydiversty 🤩

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

1 year

If Clara Schumann saw concert programs today, she’d be like, “Why don’t you program the latest works by your composer friends? Don’t you like new music anymore?”

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

My 90yr old, piano teacher grandmother was upset she can’t hear the top octave of the piano anymore. I read her Clara Schumann’s late diary entires on struggling to hear orchestras & low notes in her 70s. She got so excited, “Why don’t musicians talk about this?”

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Johannes Brahms’s 1st yr of letters to Clara Schumann address her 24 DIFFERENT ways. It’s a JOURNEY! 😂😍❤️

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Today, Oct 1st, 1853—the day Johannes Brahms met his piano teacher, composition mentor, & career advisor—Clara Schumann… 🎼 And fell in love with her too. Oops!💞

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Clara Schumann waiting for lunch with her daughters. @NormalComposers

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Happy birthday, Clara Schumann!🎁 One of the great composers & greatest pianists in history who devoted her life to Art.🙏🏻 Thank you, Clara, for everything!🥂❤️

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

1 year

Did you know Wolfgang was a talented pianist? Ludwig was also an accomplished composer, and Johannes was skilled at writing for orchestra. Let’s celebrate men composers!

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

To be clear—Clara Schumann was NOT an exception. There are MANY historically marginalized composer geniuses. Clara’s just MY fav. Please do tweet YOUR favs!

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Since we’re talking height— Clara Schumann was 6 in. taller than Johannes Brahms. 😁

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Next time you’re tired—think of Clara Schumann in her 20s… She gave birth to 6 children but still composed a sonata, a piano trio, 10+ songs, 3 piano opuses, and toured Vienna & Russia. Oh and taught daily lessons😱🤩😭

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

While I’m procrastinating writing, here’s some casting fun. Emily Blunt as Clara Schumann

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

To refer to Clara Schumann as “muse” or “inspiration” is reductive, objectifying, and inaccurate. She was an EDITOR of Robert’s music and Johannes’s MENTOR—the first person he sent his drafts for critique. Let’s try “musical partner” instead.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Clara Wieck and Robert Schumann married #otd in 1840 — A musical partnership that changed the face of Romanticism with their commitment to love and art in music.❤️🙏🏻

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Johannes Brahms’s most epic surprise for Clara Schumann🎁—his brand new 3rd Symphony on her 64th birthday. He played it for her & gave her a 4-hand piano manuscript. ❤️

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Uh-oh Tristan und Isolde premiered today.😁😈 The most HILARIOUS Clara Schumann quote ever: “It is the most repulsive thing I ever saw in my life… listening to such love-lunacy… The saddest experience of my whole artistic career.” 😂😂😂😂😂

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Let’s talk luxury of TIME to compose— Johannes Brahms & Robert had MONTHS to compose each of their sonatas. Clara Schumann composed half of hers in a WEEK—with her 1st baby only 4 months old.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Happy birthday, Franz Liszt!🥳🥂🎹 “He cannot be compared to any other player… He arouses terror and amazement, and is a very attractive person. His appearance is indescribable – he is absorbed by the piano…” ~ Clara Wieck *A thread of Clara praise for Franz*

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

@ThreatNotation Clara Schumann— big-handed pianist

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

I couldn’t help myself… 😈

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

There. Now it’s correct.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

“Classical music, like whiteness itself, is frequently racially unmarked and presented as universal—until people of color start performing it.” @kira_thurman

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

1 year

Clara Schumann received this letter (with no other text) from Johannes Brahms on her 49th birthday— the horn call from the 4th movt of his 1st Symphony… 8 yrs before its premiere.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

10 months

It’s sad— the new movie never mentions Nadia Boulanger 😔

Classic FM

@ClassicFM

10 months

Leonard Bernstein with his teacher and mentor, the legendary Nadia Boulanger, who awarded him the medal of the Legion of Honour. Bernstein was one of Boulanger’s many famous students. Photographed together here in her Paris flat, 1978. ❤️

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Hey @ClassicFM , I am a writer. This is how I make my living. Please ASK ME & TAG ME on all platforms before using my content for free. Thank you.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Thanks to that time @ClassicFM tagged me on FB— I got an email from one of Clara Schumann’s great-great-granddaughters… !!!😱😭😍😭

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

4 years

I just realized, Clara Wieck Schumann was younger than EVERYONE when she finished her first piano concerto. Clara 16 Mozart 17* Chopin 20 Mendelssohn 21 Haydn 24 Brahms 25 Beethoven 25** Liszt 30 Schumann 35

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

5 months

Happy birthday to Clara Schumann’s husband, Robert, the muse for many of her masterpieces!🥳❤️ The Variations op. 20 were given to him as a present #otd in 1853.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

🎁Happy birthday, Ludwig van Beethoven!🎉 The composer against which Clara Schumann measured all other composers. She esteemed his sonatas above all others and brought them permanently into the concert hall.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

1 year

Whoa… Clara Schumann as a LEGO?!😳😂😍

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

1 year

Happy Pride month from Clara Schumann’s daughter, Eugenie who in her 40s followed her “better half” soprano Marie Fillunger to London. They spent the rest of their lives together—and were buried side by side. ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤🩶🤍

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

1 year

Happy Birthday, Clara Schumann! 🥳🥂🎹❤️🎼

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

While Robert was hospitalized, Clara Schumann kept a flower album for him—saving him a flower from each city she performed in.🌺 She never got to give it to him… 💔 😭😭😭😭😭

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Guess who made Chopin a staple of the piano repertoire? Clara Schumann. Guess whose music is never played at the #ChopinCompetition ? Clara Schumann.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

A great tragedy in music history— #otd in 1854, Robert Schumann jumped in the freezing Rhine. He left a note: “Dear Clara, I’m going to throw my wedding ring in the Rhine; do the same with yours, then our rings will be united.” 😭❤️

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Johannes Brahms NEVER called Clara Schumann his “muse.” And neither should we. A post—

Clara Schumann: Brahms’s Mentor Not His Muse

To call Clara Schumann “the muse of Brahms” is a reductive stereotype. It’s like saying Wolfgang played piano, or Ludwig wrote nice tunes, or Pauline Viardot sang pretty. Those things are technical…

clara-schumann-channel.com

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

For all the amazing recordings of Clara Schumann, my fav is how my husband plays her piano works. For my birthday— he recorded them for me.❤️

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Happy Birthday, Johannes Brahms!🍻 A man Clara Schumann devoted all her powers to help him & his work change history: “Your music is a part of my own flesh and blood.”💔

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Robert Schumann was still asked “Are you a musician?” when Clara performed in 1853 — 4 months before going into the hospital, Endenich. “Clara was as famous as Robert” is incorrect. During his lifetime, Clara was always more famous than him.🤷🏻‍♀️

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

After 187 yrs, Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto DEBUTS at @carnegiehall @philorch with Florence Price’s 3rd Symphony! I spoke with @BeatriceRana @nezetseguin & co-wrote with @litrarydiversty for The NY Times.

Clara Schumann and Florence Price Get Their Due at Carnegie Hall (Published 2022)

Two works by these composers have been marginalized in classical music, but they were never forgotten, as their histories show.

www.nytimes.com

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Given recent U.S. events, I’ve got an explicit thread on Clara Schumann and unwanted pregnancies: 8 children by age 34 was she never on her goals list. At age 28, she would’ve stopped at 4 children. Except, “Robert says children are blessings.”

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Clara Wieck premiered her Piano Concerto in A Minor #otd in 1835 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with Felix Mendelssohn conducting. 🎉👏🏻 A foundational work in the early-romantic repertoire with untold influence on Schumann & Brahms. She was 16yrs old.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Clara Wieck’s opus 1 Polonaise— Age 9…😳😂🤯

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

9 months

Happy birthday, Wolfgang Mozart! Me with Clara Schumann’s cadenzas for his D min concerto @librarycongress

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

It’s up!🎉 My 1st instructional YouTube on Clara Schumann. Hope it’s fun for pros & students.🤞🏻 And I sing for a bit too…😂❤️🎼

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Clara Schumann always begged Johannes to send her music. (She wanted music more than letters—hehe!) He’d send her excerpts—like this from the G maj Sextet in 1855— 9yrs before he published it.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Wendy Carlos won a Grammy in 1970 for her album “Switched-on Bach” a pioneering artist of the Moog synthesizer… and the first trans woman to win a Grammy. 😍

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Sarah Fritz

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

1 year

Has anyone noticed phone noise at concerts getting WORSE? It was ridiculous last night at Philly Orch. Yannick had to restart the Bruckner 9 Adagio TWICE. 😱 For context—he memorized the ENTIRE program FOR last night.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

My husband gave me a print of my fav portrait of Clara Schumann…😍😱 Yes, I cried.😭 If you’re celebrating today— Merry happy Christmas to you!🎄❤️

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

10 months

MY CHOIR!!!😍😍😍

MAESTRO Film

@MaestroFilm_

10 months

"Bradley Cooper conducts a masterful symphony." Nominated for 8 Critics Choice Awards and 4 Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture, MAESTRO is now playing on Netflix.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

11 months

At age 35, Clara Schumann was supporting 7 children & her terminally ill husband with ONLY HER CONCERTS…😭 What were you doing at age 35?🤣

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

All the men told Clara Schumann to STOP her concert tours—her father, Robert, Joachim, Brahms. She listened to none of them. 💪🏻

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

I’m having serious trouble today with feeling like fighting for women in classical music is worth it when basic bodily rights are still on the line. 😔

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

5 months

In honor of Richard Wagner’s birthday— Clara Schumann’s EPIC burns of his operas:🔥 “This is not music at all to me—though I don’t deny his powers for drama.” (Tannhäuser) 🧵

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

How to Disrespect Your Choir 101— Our NAMES aren’t even in the Messiah program.🙄 No wonder we need to unionize. @philorch #RespectYourSingers

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Here’s the height line up— Clara smack in the middle. Like she do.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Johannes Brahms, age 21: “I don’t like money. I prefer not having any.” Clara Schumann, touring her ass off to support her husband & 7kids: 🤨🙄

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

5 months

Next on… Things I should’ve learned in music school: The original Greek Mixolydian mode is attributed to Sappho… a woman composer of the ancient world. 🤯

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Classic CLASSIC Clara Schumann…😂 “I cannot pass judgement after only one hearing, but I have no desire to see it again.” Guess which composer???😈

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

1 year

“Too bad Clara Schumann didn’t compose more.” Yes, but do you know every piece she wrote? If I tweet one per week, it’ll take me over a year… Here goes.🧵 Clara Schumann’s complete catalogue—in reverse order of composition:

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Happy Birthday to Pauline Garcia-Viardot, the great opera composer and legendary diva!🎉🎂🥂 Lifelong friend of Clara Schumann, her fav composer among women—Clara LOVED Viardot’s operas.😍

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

*subtweet*😈 I believe there is a body of young people out there who would love to study Wieck, Price, Smyth, Brontë, Austen, Plath, Farrenc, Beach, etc. in detail, and would feel rewarded if that opportunity was provided in education more often.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Who doesn’t want THIS handsomeness in their feed??? No wonder Clara and Robert Schumann were head over heels for 20yr old Johannes Brahms. The whole Beethoven thing was just bonus material.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

9 months

Johannes Brahms, German Requiem, 2nd movt:

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Mozart’s birthday! Clara Schumann performed the D min concerto at least 14 times—the last at age 67. Her cadenza for the 3rd movt:

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Omg the world is 💩🌪 Here have a hot Brahms pic.🔥

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

11 months

I don’t know where to start… 🙃

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

We can celebrate Gustav Mahler and also remember he forbid Alma Schindler from composing after they married. He made her help edit and copy out the parts for his symphonies instead.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Clara Schumann hated long concerts and conductors whose programs showed “no mercy.” She wrote that Robert and Mendelssohn always knew the happy medium and no concert should ever exceed 2 hrs.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Today in 1835, Clara Wieck premiered her sole orchestral work in Leipzig with Felix Mendelssohn conducting— her innovative, ingenious, influential Piano Concerto in A minor. 🎹🎼😍

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

9 months

I’m at war with Wikipedia editors who think Clara Schumann’s miscarriage should be the 1st thing mentioned in the history of her piano trio 😑 — no.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Cuz I’m sick of reading “Clara Schumann only composed during her marriage” 🤨

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Yes, do call Clara Schumann a GENIUS. Robert did it. Franz Liszt did it. She was. It’s the truth. 👍🏻⭐️

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Oh dear, it’s a Wagner day. I’ll just leave this here… “This enthusiasm for Wagner seems to me a kind of disease which sweeps across a country and carries away the very best people.” ~ Clara Schumann’s diary, 1872

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

5days after Robert jumped in the Rhine… Johannes Brahms was at Clara Schumann’s door. “He said he’d come to comfort me with music, if I had any wish for it.” ~Clara’s diary, Mar. 3 1854 #otd ❤️😭

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

The male derision of music written by women as “sentimental” is just code for “emotions I can’t understand.”

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Is all of Clara Schumann’s music too hard for amateurs? I play this one! The first page of her A minor Romanze WoO—heartbreakingly beautiful.😭😍 One of my fav pieces in ALL of music.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

For those who “hate Brahms”— I’m genuinely happy for you that repressed existential pain doesn’t echo in your soul from note one. Like—really that’s a good thing.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Johannes Brahms wrote Clara Schumann his op. 119 Intermezzos were “for her hands alone.” He was 60. She was 74.❤️😭 “My God, how this description will whet your appetite!” 🔥

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Clara Wieck, age 16, her Piano Concerto in A minor on the desk, 1835

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

We did it… 😱😭 Music trending: Clara Schumann 1,359 tweets ❤️🥳🥂 #TeamClara 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

IT’S OFFICIAL!!! I’m talking at the pre-concert talks😱 this weekend with assistant conductor, Austin Chanu, for the Wieck/Price/Ravel program @BeatriceRana @nezetseguin @philorch !!! 🥳😁🥰

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

1 year

Happy birthday to the great Amy Beach! 🎉 The first American woman to compose large orchestral works—including her wonderful Gaelic Symphony (1896) & her 4 movt. Piano Concerto in C# min. (1899)🎻🎹

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Clara Schumann on the foundation of the Bayreuth Theater: “This enthusiasm for Wagner seems to me a kind of disease.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Tell us how you really feel, Clara!

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

I do love this picture. One of the only ones where Clara Schumann is shown actually PLAYING the piano. How she leans over the keys…😍

Interlude

@interludeHK

3 years

A portrait of violinist Joseph Joachim and his friend and collaborator, pianist Clara Schumann, performing together. The two musicians were also dear friends with Brahms. Art by Adolph Von Menzel.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

2 years

Time for the height line up again—Clara smack in the middle…of course 😎🤩

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

The word “fresh” appears in Clara Schumann’s diaries and letters 200+ times. Yes, she helped create the classical canon, but she bitterly complained when concerts lacked “freshness”. She LIVED for new music.

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Number of opuses pubbed by age 19: Clara Wieck: 11 Robert Schumann: 0 Johannes Brahms: 0

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Sarah Fritz

@sarahfritzwritr

3 years

Florence Price—one of the great American symphonic composers—finally FINALLY has a recording with @DGclassics @philorch @nezetseguin 😲😍 Coming FRIDAY! 🎉🎶🥂🎧 Join @litrarydiversty and I for a listening party on #PriceLP

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Sarah Fritz

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3 years

Oct. 1st, 1853—Johannes Brahms walked into the Schumanns’ parlor.🚶🏼 It began a historic musical partnership. (No, I don’t mean with Robert.) I mean, the 40yr professional relationship of Clara & Johannes.👫🎼

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Sarah Fritz

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2 years

Happy birthday Lili Boulanger!🎉 Who died at only 23 but composed 33 works of music for us to enjoy! 😲😲😲🤩🤩🤩

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Sarah Fritz

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3 years

Oh #LesbianVisibilityDay 😍 Eugenie Schumann (Clara’s youngest daughter) called soprano Marie Fillunger “her better half” in 1878 and followed her to London in 1891. They lived together for decades and are buried beside each other.❤️❤️❤️

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