This absorbing and award-winning biography tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896)—at once artist, composer, editor, teacher, wife, and mother of eight children. List of Illustrations viii Preface to the Revised Edition ix Preface to the First Edition xii Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition xvii Acknowledgments to the First Edition xviii Chronology xxi Abbreviations xxv Part I. The Life of Clara Schumann Prelude: The Wiecks of Leipzig 3(15) Clara's Career Begins 18(19) Robert Schumann and the Wiecks 37(18) The Break with Wieck 55(25) The Marriage 80(20) The Dresden Years 100(11) Dusseldorf and the Death of Robert Schumann 111(20) The Later Years 131(38) Part II. Themes from the Life of Clara Schumann Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms 169(21) Other Friends and Contemporaries 190(21) Clara Schumann as Composer and Editor 211(38) The Concert Artist 249(30) Clara Schumann as Student and Teacher 279(10) Catalogue of Works 289(49) Notes 338(23) Bibliography 361(14) Index 375