The Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, is a work for piano and orchestra completed by Johannes Brahms in 1858. The composer gave the work's public debut in Hanover, the following year. It was hi
The composer in 1853
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Clara Schumann
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Clara Josephine Schumann was a German virtuoso pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over the course o
Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms)
…to Robert Schumann. Brahms and Joachim became close friends for life. In 1853 Brahms had aroused the greatest admiration from Robert and his wife Clara Schumann, a turning point in Brahms's career, by playing for them some of his own solo piano pieces. Clara was a leading concert pianist and a composer. She and…
Portrait by Franz Hanfstaengl, 1857
Clara Wieck, from an 1835 lithograph
1839 lithograph
Schönefeld church, where the Schumanns married on 12 September 1840