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German composer Clara Schumann born Sept. 13, 1819

German pianist and composer Clara Schumann was born September 13, 1819 in Leipzig.

“The practice of art is a large part of my self, it is the air I breathe”.
Clara Schumann


Clara Schumann portrait

Birth Bicentenary of Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Issued by Germany in 2019
Designed by Constanze Vogt and Matthias Beyrow

Clara Schumann was a superstar of her time. And she was a self-assured woman with many facets to her life: child prodigy, virtuoso, wife, mother of eight, widow, teacher, composer and editor of her husband Robert Schumann’s works.
Clara Schumann: the most famous woman in the history of music <- this website has an excellent and well written biography on Clara.

2024 focused on Romanian pioneer aviator Aurel Vlaicu’s death on September 13, 1913

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