I’ve been playing the songs by Liszt, with which you so surprised me, with great enthusiasm, especially Gretchen, Erlkönig, and Sei mir gegrüßt. Is Liszt coming to Vienna in the summer? Thalberg as well? Is he still coming to Leipzig as promised? Liszt as well? - What is Mrs. von Cibbini doing? Lickl, Vesque von Püttlingen, Fischhof?
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Clara Schumann was a 19th-century German pianist and composer. Clara Josephine Schumann was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher and prodigy. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over the course of a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital by lessening the importance of purely virtuosic works. Read more on Wikipedia →

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