Intro - Memorise

Clara Schumann was a prolific German Romantic Comoser,pianist and teacher.Known as “Queen of the Piano” she toured Europe as a child prodigy.Clara was wife of the renowned composer Robert Schumann and a lifelong friend of Johannes Brahms,both of whom had a large impact on her compositional style.Clara Schumann wrote a range of piano pieces which included her Piano Concerto in A minor,Three Romances for Violin and Piano and lieder.Her Piano Trio in G minor,composed in 1846, is one of her most celebrated works.The piano trio as a genre had been established by earlier classical composers such as Mozart and Haydn,the latter composing the Gypsy Piano trio which incorporated lively HUnagrain folk tunes