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Clara Schumann Calendar

Now that we have identified an auspicious year, here are auspicious dates in Clara's life.
Schedule concerts on these dates, and give them added significance!

JANUARY

• Tuesday, January 2, 1827 . . . Brother Victor dies (35 months old).
• Monday, January 9, 1899 . . . Son Ludwig dies (50 years old).
• Tuesday, January 17, 1832 . . . Half sister Marie Wieck born.
• Tuesday, January 20, 1848 . . . 2nd son Ludwig is born.
• Saturday, January 22, 1825 . . . Parents divorce.
• Friday, January 31, 1823 . . . Brother Gustav Wieck is born.

FEBRUARY

• Saturday, February 1, 1840 . . . Robert returns to song composing; starts great year of song.
• Thursday, February 4, 1836 . . . Robert's mother dies.
• Thursday, February 4, 1841 . . . Stepfather Adolph Bargiel dies.
• Sun.-Thurs., February 7-11, 1836 . . . Robert and Clara meet secretly in Dresden.
• Sunday, February 8, 1846 . . . 1st son Emil born.
• Sunday, February 16, 1879 . . . Son Felix dies (24 years old).
• Sunday, February 22, 1824 . . . Brother Victor Wieck is born.
• Saturday, February 27, 1841 . . . Clara gets her piano back from her father.
• Monday, February 27, 1854 . . . Robert attempts suicide.
• Friday, February 28, 1840 . . . Robert receives diploma for honorary doctorate.

MARCH

• Saturday, March 4, 1854 . . . Robert placed in asylum at Endenich.
• Tuesday, March 5, 1844 . . . Clara named honorary member of St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society.
• Sunday, March 10, 1872 . . . Mother Marianne Bargiel dies (74 years old).
• Tuesday, March 11, 1845 . . . 3rd daughter Julie born.
• Thursday, March 12, 1891 . . . Final public concert in Frankfurt (71 yrs old).
• Thursday, March 15, 1838 . . . Highest Austrian honor: named Royal and Imperial Virtuosa.
• Wednesday, March 21, 1838 . . . Austrian emperor dubs her "Wundermädchen".
• Thursday, March 26, 1896 . . . Clara has a stroke.
• Monday, March 31, 1828 . . . Robert Schumann meets Clara, hears her piano playing.
• Wednesday, March 31, 1841 . . . First concert as Clara Schumann, at Gewandhaus.

APRIL

• Saturday, April 3, 1897 . . . Johannes Brahms dies (64 years old).
• Friday-Thursday, April 17-30, 1840 . . . Robert visits Clara in Berlin before their wedding.
• Sunday, April 24, 1853 . . . Robert begins 'magnetic experiments': seances.
• Tuesday, April 25, 1843 . . . 2nd daughter Elise born.

MAY

• Tuesday-Tuesday, May 3-10, 1849 . . . Revolution in Dresden.
• Saturday, May 5, 1849 . . . Clara (7 months pregnant) evacuates Robert and family to Maxen.
• Tuesday, May 7, 1833 . . . Friend and composer Johannes Brahms born.
• Tuesday, May 12, 1818 . . . Brother Adelheid dies.
• Wednesday, May 12, 1824 . . . Mother Marianne leaves father Friedrich.
• Friday, May 14, 1847 . . . Friend and composer Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel dies (b.1805, 41 yrs).
• Wednesday, May 17, 1797 . . . Mother Marianne Tromlitz born.
• Wednesday, May 20, 1896 . . . Clara dies (76 years old).

JUNE

• Friday, June 8, 1810 . . . Robert Schumann is born in Zwickau.
• Sunday, June 6, 1891 . . . Son Ferdinand dies (41 years old).
• Wednesday, June 8, 1831 . . . Robert nicknames Clara as 'Zilia' in 'Schmetterlinge' poems.
• Sunday, June 11, 1854 . . . 4th son Felix is born (= 8 births, 10 pregnancies).
• Tuesday, June 12, 1849 . . . Family returns to Dresden.
• Saturday, June 15, 1839 . . . Petitions Court of Appeals to marry without father's consent.
• Tuesday, June 22, 1847 . . . 1st son Emil dies (16 months).
• Sunday, June 23, 1816 . . . Marriage of parents Friedrich and Marianne.

JULY

• Friday, July 1, 1831 . . . Florestan and Eusebius conceived.
• Sunday, July 1, 1928 . . . Daughter Elise dies (85 years old).
• Thursday, July 3, 1828 . . . Father Friedrich marries Clementine Fechner.
• Monday, July 6, 1846 . . . Vacation trip with Robert to Norderney, miscarriage?
• Saturday-Sunday, July 11-12, 1840 . . . Robert composes "Frauenliebe und -leben," Op. 42.
• Monday, July 16, 1849 . . . 3rd son Ferdinand is born.
• Wednesday, July 23, 1856 . . . Clara summoned to Endenich, Robert serious, but she doesn't see him.
• Sunday, July 27, 1856 . . . Clara allowed to see Robert for first time in over two years.
• Tuesday, July 29, 1856 . . . Robert dies at 4 p.m. (46 years old).
• Sunday, July 30, 1853 . . . Robert has a stroke during visit to Bonn.

AUGUST

• August, 1825 . . . Mother Marianne marries Adolph Bargiel.
• August, 1828 . . . Robert begins piano lessons with Wieck.
• Saturday, August 1, 1840 . . . Court of Appeals grants consent for Clara to marry.
• Sunday, August 16, 1840 . . . Wedding banns posted.
• Thursday, August 18, 1785 . . . Father Friedrich Wieck born.
• Sunday, August 10, 1817 . . . Brother Adelheid Wieck born.
• Thurs, Aug 12, 1852 . . . Beginning of vacation in Scheveningen, miscarriage.
• Wednesday, August 13, 1873 . . . Son Ferdinand marries Antonie Deutsch.
• Monday, August 14, 1837 . . . Secret betrothal of Clara and Robert.
• Monday, August 27, 1821 . . . Brother Alwin Wieck is born.
• Saturday, August 30?, 1834 . . . Robert and Ernestine secretly become engaged.

SEPTEMBER

• Wednesday, September 1, 1841 . . . 1st daughter Marie born.
• Monday, September 2, 1850 . . . They move to Düsseldorf.
• Saturday, September 5, 1840 . . . Last concert as Clara Wieck in Weimar.
• Saturday, September 12, 1840 . . . Clara Wieck marries Robert Schumann in village church of Schönefeld.
• Sunday, September 12, 1841 . . . Robert presents Clara published Op. 37/12 on 1st anniversary.
• Monday, September 13, 1819 . . . Clara Josephine Wieck is born.
• Wednesday, September 13, 1837 . . . Robert unsuccessfully asks Wieck for Clara's hand (18th birthday).
• Thursday, September 13, 1849 . . . Robert & Marie play Robert's "Birthday March" Op. 85 no. 1 for Clara.
• Sunday, September 13, 1840 . . . Clara's 21st birthday.
• Thursday, September 14, 1854 . . . Robert able to correspond with Clara, does so for 7 months.
• Friday, September 17, 1852 . . . End of vacation in Scheveningen, miscarriage.
• Sunday, September 25, 1938 . . . Daughter Eugenie dies (85 years old).
• Friday, September 30, 1853 . . . They meet Johannes Brahms (Robert 43, Clara 34, Brahms 20, Marie 12 yrs).

OCTOBER

• Monday, October 6, 1873 . . . Father Friedrich dies (88 years old).
• Thursday, October 17, 1833 . . . Robert's first suicide attempt.
• Monday, October 20, 1828 . . . Clara's 1st public performance, at Gewandhaus.
• Wednesday, October 20, 1830 . . . Robert begins to board and study with Wieck.
• Wednesday, October 21, 1885 . . . Brother Alwin Wieck dies (64 years old).
• Thursday, October 24, 1878 . . . 50th jubilee as concert artist celebrated in Frankfurt and Leipzig.
• Friday, October 26, 1888 . . . 60th jubilee celebrated in Frankfurt.
• Wednesday, October 27, 1824 . . . Clara begins piano lessons with her father.
• Thursday, October 27, 1853 . . . Robert's conducts his last concert in Düsseldorf.

NOVEMBER

• Thursday, November 2, 1916 . . . Sister Marie Wieck dies (84 years old).
• Tues, Nov. 4, 1847 . . . Friend & composer Felix Mendelssohn dies (Fanny's brother, b.1809, 38 yrs).
• Monday, November 8, 1830 . . . Clara's 1st solo concert, at Gewandhaus.
• Monday, November 10, 1873 . . . Daughter Julie dies (28 years old).
• Thursday, November 14, 1929 . . . Daughter Marie dies (88 years old).
• Wednesday, November 25, 1835 . . . Robert and Clara first kiss.
• Tuesday, November 27, 1877 . . . Daughter Elise marries Louis Sommerhoff.

DECEMBER

• Monday, December 1, 1851 . . . 4th daughter Eugenie is born.
• Friday, December 13, 1844 . . . Family moves to Dresden.
• Wednesday, December 27, 1893 . . . Stepmother Clementine dies.

This chronology is drawn from Groves and: Reich, Nancy B. Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985. Some dates were unsure or sources differed. Possible dates are marked with a question mark. If you find any errors in spelling or dates, please send a message to smithdk@email.uah.edu, and be sure to cite the authoritative source. Days of week generated by UNIX computer.

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