Organizations
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Robert-Schumann-Forschungsstelle e. V. Düsseldorf
- The Robert Schumann Research Institute of the Robert Schumann Society
Düsseldorf was founded in 1986 and commissioned to edit the new complete edition of Robert Schumann's works.
In 1992 a branch office was established in the Robert Schumann House in Zwickau.
Among other tasks the institute assembles and catalogs photocopies
of all accessible Robert and Clara Schumann autographs. The web site describes the areas of responsibilities, events,
and contact addresses.
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Other biographical web sites
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David Kenneth's Clara '96
- This comprehensive web site is compiled by David Kenneth Smith, a tenor
and assistant professor of music (voice, music literature, theory) at the
University of Alabama in Huntsville. It includes biographical information,
lieder translations, a large discography, and more pertaining to Clara Schumann and events celebrating the centenary of
her death in 1996. David Kenneth Smith founded a Clara Schumann Society and started
the Clara '96 campaign, to promote the research and performance
of the music of Clara Schumann, especially during the year 1996.
- Out of the
shadows
- The Minnesota Public Radio looks at the tumultuous and extraordinarily
creative life of Clara Wieck Schumann. 'Out of the shadows',
a three-part dramatic radio documentary, is based on the diaries of Robert and
Clara Schumann. It was originally aired on MPR stations in late spring 1996.
The web site includes the transcript of the radio documentary, sound files of four of her songs (RealAudio 2.0), and a playlist
of the music.
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'Clara Wieck Schumann' by Janet Yoon
- Short description of Clara Schumann's life as part of the class project
"Nineteenth-century music: The romantic era" at the Music Department of
the Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
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'Clara Wieck Schumann' by the drefa-Projektgruppe Geschichte Mitteldeutschland
- Description of Clara Schumann's life on behalf of the mdr, a German
broadcast company, as part of a project to the history of central Germany (in German).
- Picture of
Robert and Clara Schumann's gravestone
- The monument is situated at the old graveyard in Bonn, Germany.
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Aspect: women composers
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Women composers and women's music
- A comprehensive collection of worldwide Internet music resources
by the William and Gayle Cook Music Library of the Indiana University School of Music.
- Women
composers
- A bibliography of Internet resources compiled by Tara Guthrie.
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Women-in-music bibliographies
- Compiled by the IAWM, the International Alliance for Women in Music.
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Book reviews
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Her piano sang: A story about Clara Schumann by Barbara Allman
- Stephanie Wendt reviews this children book about Clara Schumann, which is
illustrated by Shelly O. Haas.
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The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert
Schumann: Critical Edition: Volume II / ed. by Eva Weissweiler
- A review of the English translation of the Schumann correspondence.
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Discography
- Discography
- Part of a CD discography of women composers born 1760-1899
compiled by the IAWM, the International Alliance for Women
in Music.
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Money, money, money ...
- Current honors: the German DM 100 banknote
- The German DM 100 banknote shows Clara Schumann on the front (click on "banknotes").
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