... as George Sand) a writer. July 1837: Chopin and Wodzinska splitted up and Chopin went back to Paris where Chopin meet Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck, later Clara Schumann. Summer 1838: George Sand and Chopin had fallen in love with each other. 1840: Chopin and Sand visited the Spanish consul in Paris ... Eduard Remenyi, a famous Hungarian violinist, and Brahms gave with him a tourne of concerts together. Brahms leaved Hamburg and went to Dusseldorf. He met the lovers Clara and Robert Schumann. Robert Schumann helped Brahms with his compositions and found a publisher for him. Brahms met ...

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... arranger for his father's orchestra. At 20, he began touring as an accompanist to the Hungarian violinist Eduard Remenyi and began to make important contacts. Among these were Robert and Clara Schumann, both of whom caused a great influence in his life and career. Although Brahms was well known as a pianist and had spent several years as director of the Berlin Singakademie ... experience and familiarity of the different popular styles he acquired from his previous jobs, the conservative tastes influenced upon him by German music teacher Eduard Marxsen and the sentimental impact Clara Sc...

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... because the theme in the finale movement is one from his earlier Regenlied ("Rain Song"), op. 59 No. 3. Brahms wrote this work for Clara Schumann, the wife of Robert Schumann, both good friends. Brahms fell in love with Clara and his love is expressed in the tender melodies of these three movements. The first movement marked Vivace ma non troppo (lively but ... ...

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... be the "dark ages", the romantics had cherished. The Romantic Period was filled with many significant, brilliant musicians. Among these artists were Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Robert Schumann (1819-1896), Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1849), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Hector Beriloz (1803-1869), Peter Ilyic Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884), Antonin ... ...

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