1. Schumann
... Fricken, helped restore his emotional well being which in turn helped his self-esteem and creative powers between 1834 and 1835 to write the Etudes symphoniques and the Carnaval, both for piano. Soon Schumann and Ernestine were engaged, but alas, she left town and the love ended (however, in just a few months Schumann replaced her with a new love interest, Clara Wieck, Friedrich ... with her to a point where he would feel emptiness with Clara's absence. When she was sixteen and he twenty-five, they realized that they were in love. About to leave for a piano concert tour with her father,...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate