Clara Schumann Chronology
Below are significant dates in Clara Schumann's life.
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Thursday, August 18, 1785 . . . Father Friedrich Wieck born.
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Wednesday, May 17, 1797 . . . Mother Marianne Tromlitz born.
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Friday, June 8, 1810 . . . Robert Schumann is born in Zwickau.
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Sunday, June 23, 1816 . . . Marriage of parents Friedrich
andMarianne.
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Sunday, August 10, 1817 . . . Brother Adelheid Wieck born.
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Tuesday, May 12, 1818 . . . Brother Adelheid dies.
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Monday, September 13, 1819 . . . Clara Josephine Wieck is born.
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Monday, August 27, 1821 . . . Brother Alwin Wieck is born.
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Friday, January 31, 1823 . . . Brother Gustav Wieck is born.
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Sunday, February 22, 1824 . . . Brother Victor Wieck is born.
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Wednesday, May 12, 1824 . . . Mother Marianne leaves father
Friedrich.
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Friday, September 17, 1824 . . . Clara returns to father after
summer
with mother.
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Wednesday, October 27, 1824 . . . Clara begins piano lessons with
her
father.
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Saturday, January 22, 1825 . . . Parents divorce.
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August, 1825 . . . Mother Marianne marries Adolph Bargiel.
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Tuesday, January 2, 1827 . . . Brother Victor dies (35 months old).
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Monday, March 31, 1828 . . . Robert Schumann meets Clara, hears her
piano playing.
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Thursday, July 3, 1828 . . . Father Friedrich marries Clementine
Fechner.
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August, 1828 . . . Robert begins piano lessons with Wieck.
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Monday, October 20, 1828 . . . Clara's 1st public performance, at
Gewandhaus.
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Monday, May 11, 1829 . . . Robert leaves Wieck to go to Heidelberg.
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Sat, March 6-Wed. April 7, 1830 . . . Clara's private concerts in
Dresden.
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Wednesday, October 20, 1830 . . . Robert returns to board and study
with Wieck.
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Monday, November 8, 1830 . . . Clara's 1st solo concert, at
Gewandhaus.
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Saturday, December 25, 1830 . . . Clara and father go on concert
tour.
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end of January, 1831 . . . They return from concert tour.
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Wednesday, June 8, 1831 . . . Robert nicknames Clara as 'Zilia' in
'Schmetterlinge'
poems.
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Friday, July 1, 1831 . . . Florestan and Eusebius conceived.
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Sunday, September 25, 1831 . . . Clara and father begin Paris
concert
tour.
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Tuesday, January 17, 1832 . . . Half sister Marie Wieck born.
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Tuesday, May 1, 1832 . . . Clara and father return from Paris
concert
tour.
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July and September, 1832 . . . Solo concerts in Lepzig.
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November, 1832 . . . Local concert tours, Altenburg, Zwickau,
Schneeberg.
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January, February, April, 1833 . . . Concerts in Leipzig, Chemnitz,
Karlsbad, Schneeberg.
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Tuesday, May 7, 1833 . . . Friend and composer Johannes Brahms born.
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Thursday, October 17, 1833 . . . Robert's first suicide attempt.
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March, 1834 . . . Robert becomes editor and publisher of Neue
Zeitschrift
für Musik.
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Monday, April 21, 1834 . . . Ernestine von Fricken comes to study
and
board with Wieck.
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July, 1834 . . . Half sister Cäcilie Wieck born.
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Saturday, August 30?, 1834 . . . Robert and Ernestine secretly
become
engaged.
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Tuesday, November 11, 1834 . . . Concert tour to Hamburg, Hannover,
Magdeburg begins.
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April, 1835 . . . Return from concert tour, much time spent with
Robert.
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August, 1835 . . . Robert learns of Ernestine's parentage, begins
to
withdraw.
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Wednesday, November 25, 1835 . . . Robert and Clara first kiss.
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mid-January, 1836 . . . Wieck takes Clara to Dresden to keep her
from
Robert.
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Thursday, February 4, 1836 . . . Robert's mother dies.
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?? February-Friday, April 8, 1836 . . . Concert tour to Breslau.
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Sun.-Thurs., February 7-11, 1836 . . . Robert and Clara meet
secretly
in Dresden.
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June, 1836 . . . Clara returns all of Robert's letters.
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November, 1836 . . . Concert tour to Naumburg, Jena, Weimar.
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?? February-Wednesday, May 3, 1837 . . . Concert tour to Berlin,
Hamburg,
Bremen, Clara visits mother.
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Monday, August 14, 1837 . . . Secret betrothal of Clara and Robert.
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Wednesday, September 13, 1837 . . . Robert unsuccessfully asks
Wieck
for Clara's hand (18th birthday).
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Sunday, October 15, 1837 . . . Leaves for concert tour to Vienna.
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Thursday, March 15, 1838 . . . Highest Austrian honor: named Royal
and
Imperial Virtuosa.
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Wednesday, March 21, 1838 . . . Austrian emperor dubs her
"Wundermädchen".
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Tuesday, May 15?, 1838 . . . Returns from Vienna concert tour.
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July, 1838 . . . Trip to Dresden for the month.
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Thursday, September 27, 1838 . . . Robert leaves Leipzig for Vienna.
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Tuesday, January 8, 1839 . . . Without father (!) Clara leaves for
Paris.
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Saturday, June 15, 1839 . . . Petitions Court of Appeals to marry
without
father's consent.
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Wednesday, August 14, 1839 . . . Returns from Paris.
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Tuesday, September 3, 1839 . . . Clara goes to live with her mother
in Berlin.
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Wednesday, December 25, 1839 . . . Christmas together in Berlin.
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Saturday, February 1, 1840 . . . Robert returns to song composing;
starts
great year of song.
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Friday, February 28, 1840 . . . Robert receives diploma for
honorary
doctorate.
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Friday-Thursday, April 17-30, 1840 . . . Robert visits Clara in
Berlin.
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Friday, June 5, 1840 . . . Clara returns to Leipzig.
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Saturday-Sunday, July 11-12, 1840 . . . Robert composes
"Frauenliebe
und - leben," Op. 42.
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Saturday, August 1, 1840 . . . Court of Appeals grants consent for
Clara
to marry.
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Sunday, August 16, 1840 . . . Wedding banns posted.
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Saturday, September 5, 1840 . . . Last concert as Clara Wieck in
Weimar.
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Saturday, September 12, 1840 . . . Clara Wieck marries Robert
Schumann
in village church of Schönefeld.
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Sunday, September 13, 1840 . . . Clara's 21st birthday.
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January, 1841 . . . Clara begins Lieder Op. 12, Nos. 2, 4, 11.
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Thursday, February 4, 1841 . . . Stepfather Adolph Bargiel dies.
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Saturday, February 27, 1841 . . . Clara gets her piano back from
her
father.
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Wednesday, March 31, 1841 . . . First concert as Clara Schumann, at
Gewandhaus.
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Tuesday, June 8,-August, 1841 . . . Clara completes Lieder Op. 12,
Nos.
2, 4, 11.
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Wednesday, September 1, 1841 . . . 1st daughter Marie born.
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Sunday, September 12, 1841 . . . Robert presents Clara published
Op.
37/12 on 1st anniversary.
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November, 1841 . . . Concerts in Weimar.
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Monday, February 14, 1842 . . . Tour to Hamburg with Robert, Clara
alone
to Copenhagen.
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Tuesday, April 26, 1842 . . . Clara returns to Leipzig.
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February, 1843 . . . Clara visits her father in Dresden for
reconciliation.
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Tuesday, April 25, 1843 . . . 2nd daughter Elise born.
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Thursday, January 25, 1844 . . . Concert tour to Russia with Robert
begins.
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Tuesday, March 5, 1844 . . . Clara named honorary member of St.
Petersburg
Philharmonic Society.
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Thursday, May 30, 1844 . . . Return from Russia tour.
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Thursday, October 3, 1844 . . . Trip to Dresden with Robert.
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Friday, December 13, 1844 . . . Family moves to Dresden.
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January, 1845 . . . Robert and Clara study counterpoint.
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Tuesday, March 11, 1845 . . . 3rd daughter Julie born.
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Sunday, February 8, 1846 . . . 1st son Emil born.
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Monday, July 6, 1846 . . . Vacation trip with Robert to Norderney,
miscarriage?
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Tuesday, August 25, 1846 . . . Return from Norderney.
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Monday, November 23?, 1846 . . . Concert tour to Vienna, Brno,
Prague
with Robert, Marie, Elise.
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Thursday, February 4, 1847 . . . Return from Vienna, etc.
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Tues., Feb. 11-Wed., Mar. 24, 1847 . . . To Berlin for "Peri"
performances
and Clara concerts.
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Friday, May 14, 1847 . . . Friend and composer Fanny Mendelssohn
Hensel
dies (b.1805, 41 yrs).
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Tuesday, June 22, 1847 . . . 1st son Emil dies (16 months).
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Friday-Friday, July 2-16?, 1847 . . . To music festival in Zwickau
with
Robert.
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Tues., November 4, 1847 . . . Friend & composer Felix
Mendelssohn
dies (Fanny's brother, b.1809, 38 yrs).
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Tuesday, January 20, 1848 . . . 2nd son Ludwig is born.
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Tuesday-Tuesday, May 3-10, 1849 . . . Revolution in Dresden.
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Saturday, May 5, 1849 . . . Clara (7 months pregnant) evacuates
Robert
and family to Maxen.
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Tuesday, June 12, 1849 . . . Family returns to Dresden.
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Monday, July 16, 1849 . . . 3rd son Ferdinand is born.
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Thursday, September 13, 1849 . . . Robert & Marie play Robert's
"Birthday March" Op. 85 no. 1 for Clara.
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Tuesday, February 5, 1850 . . . Concert tour to Leipzig, Hamburg,
Bremen
with Robert.
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Friday, March 29, 1850 . . . Return from concert tour.
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Sunday, March 31, 1850 . . . They decide to move to Düsseldorf.
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Sat., May 18-Wed., July 10, 1850 . . . "Genoveva" premiere and
concerts
in Leipzig.
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Monday, September 2, 1850 . . . They arrive in Düsseldorf.
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Fri., July 18?-Tues., Aug. 5, 1851 . . . Trip up the Rhine to
Geneva,
etc.
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Monday, December 1, 1851 . . . 4th daughter Eugenie is born.
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Friday-Monday, March 5-22, 1852 . . . Performances of "Rose" and
"Manfred"
in Leipzig.
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April, 1852 . . . Robert has 'rheumatic attack'.
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Thurs, Aug 12-Fri., Sept 17, 1852 . . . Vacation in Scheveningen,
miscarriage.
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Sunday, April 24, 1853 . . . Robert begins 'magnetic experiments':
seances.
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May, 1853 . . . Concerts in Lower Rhine Music Festival.
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June-July, 1853 . . . Clara writes Op. 20-23.
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Sunday, July 30, 1853 . . . Robert has a stroke during visit to
Bonn.
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Friday, September 30, 1853 . . . They meet Johannes Brahms (Robert
43,
Clara 34, Brahms 20, Marie 12 yrs).
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Thursday, October 27, 1853 . . . Robert's conducts his last concert
in Düsseldorf.
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Mon., Nov. 7-Tues., Dec 6., 1853 . . . Proceedings to dismiss
Robert
as Düsseldorf orchestra music director.
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Thurs, Nov 24-Thurs, Dec 22, 1853 . . . Concert tour to Holland
with
Robert.
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Saturday-Monday, Jan. 21-30, 1854 . . . Concerts in Hannover with
Robert,
visit Joachim and Brahms.
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Monday, February 27, 1854 . . . Robert attempts suicide.
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Saturday, March 4, 1854 . . . Robert placed in asylum at Endenich.
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Sunday, June 11, 1854 . . . 4th son Felix is born (= 8 births, 10
pregnancies).
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Thursday, September 14, 1854 . . . Robert able to correspond with
Clara,
does so for 7 months.
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October-December, 1854 . . . Concert tours.
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January-July, 1855 . . . Concert tours.
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October-December, 1855 . . . Concert tours.
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January-March, 1856 . . . Concert tours to Vienna, Prague, Budapest.
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Fri., April 18-Sun., July 6, 1856 . . . Concert tour to England,
first
of about sixteen.
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Wednesday, July 23, 1856 . . . Clara summoned to Endenich, Robert
serious,
but she doesn't see him.
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Sunday, July 27, 1856 . . . Clara allowed to see Robert for first
time
in over two years.
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Tuesday, July 29, 1856 . . . Robert dies at 4 p.m. (46 years old).
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Tues, Oct 28-Thurs, Dec 25, 1856 . . . Concert tours.
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1857 . . . More concert tours.
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October, 1857 . . . Remaining family moves to Berlin.
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Summer, 1863 . . . Moves to Baden-Baden.
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1864 . . . Second concert tour to Russia.
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September, 1869 . . . Daughter Julie marries Count Marmorito.
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1870 . . . Ludwig incurably ill, put in institution in Colditz.
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??, 1870-September, 1871 . . . Ferdinand drafted into
Franco-Prussian
War.
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Sunday, March 10, 1872 . . . Mother Marianne Bargiel dies (74 years
old).
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Wednesday, August 13, 1873 . . . Son Ferdinand marries Antonie
Deutsch.
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1873 . . . Clara moves back to Berlin.
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Monday, October 6, 1873 . . . Father Friedrich dies (88 years old).
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Monday, November 10, 1873 . . . Daughter Julie dies (28 years old).
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Tuesday, November 27, 1877 . . . Daughter Elise marries Louis
Sommerhoff.
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1877 . . . Clara begins to edit Robert's works.
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1878 . . . Moves to Frankfurt, faculty of Hoch Conservatory.
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Thursday, October 24, 1878 . . . 50th jubilee as concert artist
celebrated
in Frankfurt and Leipzig.
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Sunday, February 16, 1879 . . . Son Felix dies (24 years old).
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1881-1893 . . . Complete edition of Robert's music published; Clara
was editor.
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1883 . . . Clara begins editing Instructive Edition of Robert's
piano
works.
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1885 . . . Robert's letters published: "Jungendbriefe", Clara was
editor.
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Wednesday, October 21, 1885 . . . Brother Alwin Wieck dies (64
years
old).
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1887 . . . Ferdinand hospitalized. Clara takes responsibility for
his
6 children.
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February-March, 1888 . . . Concert tour to England.
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Friday, October 26, 1888 . . . 60th jubilee celebrated in Frankfurt.
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Thursday, March 12, 1891 . . . Final public concert in Frankfurt
(71
yrs old).
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Sunday, June 6, 1891 . . . Son Ferdinand dies (41 years old).
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Wednesday, December 27, 1893 . . . Stepmother Clementine dies.
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Thursday, March 26, 1896 . . . Clara has a stroke.
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Wednesday, May 20, 1896 . . . Clara dies (76 years old).
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Saturday, April 3, 1897 . . . Johannes Brahms dies (64 years old).
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Monday, January 9, 1899 . . . Son Ludwig dies (50 years old).
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Thursday, November 2, 1916 . . . Sister Marie Wieck dies (84 years
old).
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Sunday, July 1, 1928 . . . Daughter Elise dies (85 years old).
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Thursday, November 14, 1929 . . . Daughter Marie dies (88 years
old).
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Sunday, September 25, 1938 . . . Daughter Eugenie dies (85 years
old).
This chronology was 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
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